Commonwealth v. Ciccone

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Appellant contends that the sentence imposed at April term, 1924, is illegal because he had already been sentenced for the same offense at June term, 1923.

He pleaded nolle contendere to an indictment charging him with maintaining a gambling establishment (section 55 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 397). On that plea the judgment of the court was announced on June 30, 1923. He was ordered to pay the costs, and a fine of $500; his gambling paraphernalia was ordered destroyed and he was required to forfeit $20 to the county; he was placed on probation for three years, the…