Commonwealth of Pa. v. Schambers

Opinion by

Baldeige, J.,

The defendant was charged with the unlawful transportation and possession of intoxicating liquor. He was found guilty of transportation, and not guilty of possession. Upon the completion of the defendant’s testimony, the Commonwealth introduced, in rebuttal, for the purpose of attacking defendant’s credibility, the record to No. 35, March Sessions, 1925, wherein the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of possession and manufacture of liquor. The admission of this seven-year-old record is the subject of the first and second assignments of error.

The defendant took the…