Commonwealth v. Lofton

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Jones,

This appeal is from a judgment of sentence for alleged contempt growing out of the fifth trial of Aaron Turner for murder which is the subject of our decision in Commonwealth v. Turner at p. 239 ante. Most, if not all, of the substantive and procedural facts material to the disposition of the instant appeal are set forth in the Turner opinion in detail. Some will necessarily have to be repeated here for a proper understanding of the issue.

At the Turner trial, the Commonwealth called Clarence Lofton, the present appellant, as a witness for the prosecution.…