COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERTS

Nos. 8 and 9.

29 Pa. D. & C. 2d 12 (1962)

Commonwealth v. Roberts

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

June 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Levin, for plaintiff.

Alvin E. Echols, Jr., for defendant.


GOLD, P. J., June 29, 1962.

. . . Defendant, Bishop William M. Roberts, holds himself out as practicing faith healing. His congregation is The Royal Priesthood Holy Church in Philadelphia. On or about March 6, 1961, Mrs. Susie Murphy, having heard about the bishop, took her five year old daughter to him for care. The child was suffering from a congenital heart condition.

Upon entering defendant's church, a receptionist took down the child's history and told...

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