COMMONWEALTH v. ROK


203 Pa.Super. 280 (1964)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Rok.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Vincent M. Casey, with him Arnold D. Smorto, and Margiotti & Casey, and Smorto & Creany, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY ERVIN, J., June 11, 1964:

On May 9, 1963 John Rok was arrested in the Mission Inn, a tavern in the City of Johnstown. At the time of his arrest he was seated at a table in a booth and he had beside him on his chair and on the table numerous records of numbers plays, including two books containing listings of over 300 plays each. He also had in his possession treasury tickets on which payoffs would go as high as $5,000.00. He admitted that he paid the hits...

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