Commonwealth v. Fine

Argued September 27, 1949. This is an appeal from a conviction of illegally assisting certain voters in Philadelphia in the general election of 1946. After his conviction by a jury, the defendant filed motions for arrest of judgment and a new trial. These motions were denied, sentence was duly imposed and this appeal followed.

Section 1220 of the Pennsylvania Election Code, 1937 P. L. 1333, 25 PS 3060, provides in part as follows: "No elector shall be allowed to occupy a voting compartment or voting machine booth already occupied by another, except when giving assistance as permitted by this…