Legal Opinion
Staton Appeal
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided July 11, 1969No. 91Published
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, J.,
NATURE OF THE CASE
This is an appeal from an order of the Philadelphia Civil Service Commission.
FACTS
On August 19, 1966, in the early evening, an altercation took place inside the Club Belmont, 898 North Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. The principals involved were Police Officer Leroy Staton and Morris Dewberry. Shortly after the altercation, another police officer, responding to a radio call, saw Dewberry in front of the Club Belmont carrying a rifle, and apprehended him. Dewberry and three people *659who said that they were witnesses to the altercation were taken to a police…
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