Commonwealth v. Townsend

428 Pa. 281 (1968)

Commonwealth

v.

Townsend, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 15, 1967.

January 9, 1968.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Lawrence Goldberg, for appellant.

Welsh S. White, Assistant District Attorney, with him Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 9, 1968:

Appellant Frank S. Townsend was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury of two offenses under the…