Commonwealth v. Katz

414 Pa. 108 (1964)

Commonwealth

v.

Katz, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 13, 1964.

March 20, 1964.

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

Marjorie Hanson Matson, for appellant.

William Claney Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 20, 1964:

This is an appeal from a sentence imposed after an adjudication of contempt of court.

The history of the case may be summarized thusly:

In 1958, the appellant was tried in Allegheny County on several…