McIntosh v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

In 1955 appellant had the misfortune of being convicted of committing the felony of pandering. In 1962 he suffered the further misfortune of being hit from the rear by one of appellee’s trolley cars. In 1967 appellee was permitted to introduce evidence of appellant’s pandering conviction to impeach the credibility of appellant, who was testifying in his own behalf in his trespass suit against appellee. Appellee received a verdict, appellant’s motion for a new trial was denied and appellant has appealed.

We are hard put to understand what relevance appellant’s…