Commonwealth v. Russo

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell,

Four defendants were indicted for obstructing public justice and for perjury. The jury convicted all of them of obstructing justice and two of them of perjury. Their appeals were reviewed and, with one exception, correctly decided by the Superior Court in an able comprehensive opinion by Judge Hirt.* We allowed an allocatur in the case of Commonwealth v. Russo et al.

Defendants were police officers of the City of Pittsburgh and members of a special detail known as the Vice Squad. Although the defendants were tried separately, their appeals were argued together before…