Commonwealth v. Tracey

Per Curiam,

On November 16, 1936, three armed men entered the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia and at the point of a gun robbed an employee in charge, of $2,543.17 in her custody and control. Defendant was charged with the robbery and other related offenses. One Robert Roner also was charged with the same robbery in a separate indictment and, before the trial of defendant, had pleaded guilty but had not been sentenced. He was called as a witness by the defendant in this case and admitted that he had entered a plea of guilty. He then asked, “Must I be a witness?” to which the trial…