Commonwealth v. Adams

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Eddie Adams was tried in Delaware County on a bill of indictment charging lottery and traffic in lottery tickets. See Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §§601, 602; 18 P.S. §§4601, 4602. After a verdict of guilty, he filed motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. The lower court refused to grant these motions, and this appeal followed.

On September 20, 1952, two police officers of Rad-nor Township, who had been watching appellant’s movements, arrested him on a public street in Wayne. As a result of a search at the police station, there was found in appellant’s…