Commonwealth v. De Rose

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

The Commonwealth has appealed from the dismissal by the lower court of indictments charging the appellee with bribery and corrupt solicitation.

The charges arose out of a conversation which allegedly took place between the appellee and Robert Frederick, a former police captain, at the Inner Circle Bar in Philadelphia sometime in January or February of 1970.1 Appellee was accused of offering Frederick $150.00 a month to “do nothing”.2 No written report of the incident was ever made, but Frederick reported the incident to his superior, Inspector Wong, who told him to take…