Commonwealth v. JOSEPH

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The defendants'George and'Paul Joseph were both convicted bn charges of conducting a lottery, and were sentenced. Paul Joseph was also sentenced, concurrently, on his conviction of establishing a gambling place. In these appeals they contend that there is error in the refusal of new trials by the loiver court.

Paul Joseph is the proprietor of a confectionery store on Franklin Avenue, the main street in the business section of Aliquippa, near the entrance to the works of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation. His brother George Joseph works part time in the store. Between…