Commonwealth v. Mecleary

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

As one of the results of a mass trial upon twenty-one district attorney indictments against four defendants, consolidated for trial in the court below without objection, John S. Mecleary, a Justice of the Peace for Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, and appellant herein, against whom six indictments were réturned, was found guilty by the jury solely upon the fifth count of each of two indictments — Nos. 624 and 634 September Sessions, 1940.

A sentence of a fine of f500 costs, and imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one nor more than two years was…