Commonwealth v. McSorley

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Defendants were convicted of riot, riotous assault, conspiracy to commit riot and riotous destruction of property, all stemming from a riot on July 28, 1952 at the former county jail in Media. On appeal this court affirmed the judgments of sentence in an opinion reported at 174 Pa. Superior Ct. 634,101 A. 2d 919. Thereafter defendants filed a, motion for a new trial on the basis of after-discovered evidence. The motion was, ref used by the court below and defendants have again appealed.

The after-discovered evidence consists of the testimony of two. detectives hired by…