Commonwealth v. Fotti

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Appellant has filed twenty assignments of error. Five of them, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and tenth, we sustain. The other's are without merit and do not require extended consideration.

Appellant was indicted for arson; the burning of the rectory of the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church at Mahanoy Plane. The theory of the Commonwealth was that the rectory was burned in retaliation for a series of attacks made by the rector against the maintenance of certain bawdy house's in the vicinity, notably one known as the Tilly Billy. He had publicly announced that a meeting…