COMMONWEALTH v. CLINTON


391 Pa. 212 (1958)

Commonwealth v. Clinton, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Olwen Lanciano, for appellant.

Juanita Kidd Stout, Assistant District Attorney, with her Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, James N. Lafferty, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 16, 1958:

On the night of October 24, 1954, at about 11:45 o'clock, Eugene Clinton and Thomas Houser were arrested by Philadelphia police and later charged with the crimes of Possessing Burglars' Tools (Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 904, 18 P.S. § 4904) and Prowling (Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 418, added May 27, 1949, P.L. 1900, § 1, 18 P.S. § 4418.) They were tried before Judge KUN of the...

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