Commonwealth v. Bober
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 151 and 152, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 227, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Joseph Bober and Charles Schwartz. Indictment for assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery and assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Appeals, Nos. 151 and 152, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 227, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Joseph Bober and Charles Schwartz. Indictment for assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery and assault and battery with intent to kill. Before Sulzberger, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the defendants were charged with' assaulting • William Rice on December 7, 1913, at a time when the garment makers of Philadelphia were on a strike. Bober and Schwartz were strikers and Rice was employed as a designer in the trade,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
A strike of the garment workers of Philadelphia was in progress. The two appellants and some of their witnesses were among the strikers and were members of the same labor union. William Rice was a designer in the trade and was not a striker. On the morning in question, while on his way to work, he was set upon and brutally and maliciously beaten by four men acting in concert and was grievously wounded. These appellants and Benjamin Portner were arrested and jointly indicted and tried for the crime. Portner was acquitted. The *586other two defendants were found guilty and…
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