Commonwealth v. Bosurgi

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

The first “search and seizure” question to reach this Court since the decision in Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S. Ct. 1684, is presented upon this appeal.

On July 10, 1961, 1 at approximately 10:30 p.m., a burglary occurred at a wholesale jewelry store in Philadelphia in the course of which some watches and jewelry were stolen. The police were notified and they entered upon an investigation of the store and its immediate neighborhood, meanwhile requesting persons in that area to report to detective headquarters any person seen “with watches”. On July…