Commonwealth v. Tselepis

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

Appellant Aristotle Tselepis appeals from judgment of sentence following a verdict of guilty by a jury on the charge of “conducting a lottery”, and the refusal of his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.

The verdict established the following facts, viz.:

Having been “tipped” that defendant was conducting a lottery at his confectionery, lunch, and patent medicine business in the Borough of Aliquippa, Beaver County, and that number slips would be found in an aspirin or anacin box on the shelf of his store, County Detectives Mihalic and Meskow visited the…