Commonwealth v. Barnhart

Wingerd, P. J.,

Each of the above named defendants was severally indicted for violation of section 605 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4605, which provides as follows:

“Whoever sets up or establishes, or causes to be set up or established, any game or device of address, or hazard, at which money or other valuable thing may or shall be played for, or staked or betted upon; . . . is guilty of a misdemeanor. . .

The testimony was generally as follows: On August 21 and August 28, 1955, a State officer in plainclothes gained entrance to the home of defendant Seilhamer; the…