Commonwealth v. Cohen

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

Defendants have appealed from the refusal of their motion for a new trial after they had been convicted of the crime of receiving stolen goods. The cases were tried together and while separate appeals have been taken they will be disposed of in one opinion.

The facts are simple and for the most part not in controversy. In October of 1943 when, as now, it was very difficult to buy a radio, defendants purchased five radios from two confessed burglars for the sum of $110. Four of the five were identified as having been stolen from residences in the Philadelphia district and…