Commonwealth v. Murray

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

The appellant-defendant, John Murray, was convicted by Judge Lefever, sitting without a jury, on charges of offering to bribe and bribing a corporate employe in violation of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §667, 18 P.S. §4667.

Defendant now contends (1) that the Philadelphia court did not have jurisdiction, (2) that there was an illegal interception of a telephone conversation the substance of which was for that reason erroneously admitted into evidence, (3) that the evidence did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged bribing was committed without…