Commonwealth v. Fisher

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Defendant, .Ellis R. Fisher, has appealed from judgment and sentence following his conviction on an indictment charging bookmaking and pool selling. Section 607 of the Act of June 24, .1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4607. Fisher was jointly indicted with Edward D. Lentz as the result of a raid on the afternoon of March 5,1948, by a detective and two officers of the Harrisburg Police, on an establishment known as “Jack’s Pool Room,*’ located at 1543 Walnut Street, in the City of Harrisburg. They waived a trial by jury, and were found guilty by the trial judge. At the…