Commonwealth v. Ricci

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

At April Sessions, 1952, the. Allegheny County Grand Jury returned eight bills of indictment as follows: No. 209 charging Ernest Dequenne with accepting a bribe from Fred Fiori; No. 210 charging Dequenne with misbehavior in office; No. 211 charging Fiori with giving a bribe to Caesar Ricci; No. 212 charging Fiori with giving a bribe to Dequenne; No. *559213 charging Fiori with giving a bribe to John J. Mullen; No. 214 charging Ricci with accepting a bribe from Fiori; No. 215 charging Ricci with misbehavior in office; and No. 216 charging that Ricci and Dequenne conspired…