Commonwealth v. Peluso

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

On January 4, 1972 the home of Ray G. Snyder was burglarized. Seven rifles were taken. In their investigation, the police received information that led them to believe that appellant had in his possession at least one of the stolen rifles, a Weather by. A search warrant was obtained but the search failed to uncover any of the rifles. Nevertheless, appellant was still indicted for receiving on January 27, 1972 “one model 300 weatherbee [sic] rifle.” At trial a demurrer was sustained on that charge because the Commonwealth failed to prove that appellant knew the Weatherby…