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Commonwealth v. Truitt

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 19, 1951No. Appeals, 75 to 81PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Harry W. Truitt, Jr., John P. Allen, Lester Peay, and Charles B. Tarpley were indicted at No. 194, August Term, 1950, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Westmoreland County, having been charged with (1) obstructing an officer in attempting to make an arrest, and (2) assaulting and beating an officer. On this bill of indictment the jury found all of the defendants guilty, and each, except Tarpley whose sentence was deferred because of illness, was sentenced to one year in the Allegheny County Workhouse. At No. 215, May Term, 1950, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Hester v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
  2. Commonwealth v. BloseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  4. Poluski v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Commonwealth v. Dee PetroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BodenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Commonwealth v. VociSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Commonwealth v. KoveleskieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. BodenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  5. Commonwealth v. Frankhouser, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mifflin County1967

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