Commonwealth v. Thurman

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Appellant Thomas Thurman was joined as a defendant with Garnie Segers and Benjamin Ellensworth in one indictment charging them, under §904 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, 18 PS §4904, with possession of burglary tools. The three were also charged jointly as defendants in a second indictment with bringing stolen property into the State in violation of §818 of the Act, 18 PS §4818. Thé two charges were tried together. In the course of the trial Segers changed his pleas to guilty; the other two defendants were convicted on both charges and were sentenced. Thurman…