Commonwealth v. Anderson

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, of Philadelphia County. The appellant-defendant, Henry L. Anderson, was charged with the felonious possession of narcotic drugs. He waived his right to a jury trial and after entering his plea of not guilty, was tried before the Honorable George W. Griffith, specially presiding. He was adjudged guilty; motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied; and he was sentenced to a term of not less than two and one-half years nor…