Commonwealth v. Williams

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the County of Philadelphia. The appellant was convicted hy a jury, of loitering and prowling in violation of the Act of May 27, 1949, P. L. 1900, Section 1, 18 PS §4418.

On May 1,1955, at or about 1:35 a.m., Edward Williams, the appellant, was arrested after he climbed over a six foot fence, topped with barbed wire, into the rear yard of the Star Hotel at 2037 Arch Street, Philadelphia. He was wearing rubber galoshes, even though the weather was dry. He first told the…