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COMMONWEALTH v. SHIPP (NO. 1)

No. 145.

30 Pa. D. & C. 2d 368 (1963)

Commonwealth v. Shipp (No. 1)

Common Pleas Court of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

January 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Teller, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

Joseph Gale, for defendant.

Before Pinola, P. J., Schiffman and Lewis, JJ.

PINOLA, P. J., January 10, 1963.

In the transcript filed in the above case, defendant is charged with having on July 27, 1962, committed the crime of bribery (common law) by demanding of one Charles Wysocki the sum of $800 for a position as a teacher with the Nanticoke School Board.

Counsel for defendant contends that the provisions of the Public School Code supersede the crime of bribery at common law and the district attorney agrees.

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