COM. v. BURNS et al.


197 Pa.Super. 282 (1961)

Commonwealth v. Burns et al., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent M. Casey, with him Arnold D. Sworto, Eugene A. Creany, and Margiotti & Casey, and Sworto & Creany, for Burns, appellant.

John W. Taylor, with him Myers, Taylor & Peduzzi, for Domenick, appellant.

Ferdinand F. Bionaz, District Attorney, with him W. Louis Coppersmith, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).


OPINION BY MONTGOMERY, J., September 12, 1961:

Appellant Frank Burns was indicted for the crime of extortion; and both he and appellant Frank Domenick were indicted for obtaining property by false pretense, and conspiracy to cheat and defraud. They were tried jointly and the jury returned verdicts of guilty on all indictments. Motions for new trials and for arrest of the judgments were filed by both appellants and refused. Judgments of sentence were imposed and entered...

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