Commonwealth v. Spallone

Opinion by

Kenworthey, J.,

Defendant was convicted and sentenced under two indictments charging pandering and knowingly transporting a female for purposes of prostitution. Act of 1939, June 24, P. L. 872, §§513, 517, 18 PS §§4513, 4517. The appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the convictions, complains of rulings by and the demeanor of the trial judge in the conduct of the trial, and alleges fatal procedural irregularities.

'The commonwealth’s principal witness, Janette Rogers, a prostitute, testified that on December 30, 1941, appellant appeared with her ‘man,’ A1…