Commonwealth of Penna. v. Hoagland, Jr.

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The appellant was convicted under the Act of June 9,1911, P. L. 833, for extorting money from one Thomas Yonski. The only question for consideration under the statement of questions involved is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction. It clearly appears that Yonski was engaged in the manu? facture of intoxicating liquors, in the sale of the same, and in the operating of a gambling device known as a slot machine. For about a year he had been paying the defendant $40 a week, -and for a succeeding period of about a year, the sum of $60 a week,…