Commonwealth v. Bradley

Hargest, P. J.,

dissenting. — Believing that the opinion of the majority of the court establishes a very dangerous precedent in criminal jurisprudence, I am compelled to dissent and give my reasons therefor. The defendant was convicted on a charge of perjury. The trial judge’s notes and the opinion of the majority show the following:

The defendant made an affidavit before an alderman that he had purchased intoxicating liquor from one Russel Alexander and swore to that fact at the *576hearing. Sometime thereafter Solomon Hurwitz, Alexander’s attorney, saw the defendant, then in jail on another…