Commonwealth v. ABNEY

Orixiox BY

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal by five of 11 defendants who were sentenced after a jury found them guilty of participating in a riot. The appellants contend that the judgments of sentence imposed upon them should be arrested, or in lieu thereof, that a new trial should be granted each of them.

Following a football game on September 25, 1959, in Norristown between the high schools of that borough and of Eidley Township, a continual series of violent and turbulent acts was perpetrated by a group of Norristown boys. The conduct of these boys far surpassed the exuberance of excited…