Commonwealth v. Brown

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey, *

The appellants circulated nomination papers of the Communist Party and made allegedly false affidavits to them. They were arrested and indicted on separate bills of indictment charging, respectively, perjury under the Penal Code of 1939 and violations of the Election Code of 1937. Rubin was convicted on a charge of perjury, on indictment No. 184, December sessions 1940. At a subsequent trial on other indictments, Rubin was convicted of wilfully and corruptly making a false statement under the Election Code. This indictment was No. 204, December sessions, 1940.…