Commonwealth v. MARINO

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

These several appeals are from judgments of sentence following the convictions of the appellants, Francis Marino, Salvatore Rispo, Jr., and Arthur Ashken-ase, on charges of blackmail, extortion and conspiracy, in a trial before Honorable Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., Judge, sitting without a jury.

*92The facts on which the convictions were based follow. Between July, 1965 and November, 1966, defendant Ashkenase loaned to Morris B. Singer, who operated a haberdashery store in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, various sums of money totaling $4,150. By November, 1966 Singer had repaid…