Commonwealth v. Joyce

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

David Joyce was indicted by the Grand Jury of York County on a charge of possessing • and maintaining gambling devices under Section 603 of The Penal Code. Act of June '24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 P.S. 4603. Following the entry of a plea of not guilty and a trial, at which President Judge George W. Atkins presided, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were refused, sentence was imposed, and'this "appeal ensued.

The Commonwealth proved that appellant was in possession of 69 slot machines, operated solely on the basis of…