Commonwealth v. Irish

Opinion by

Van der Voort, J.,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an Order of the lower court sustaining appellees’ demurrers, which were offered at the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s case in chief. The charges against appellees alleged their participation in the maintenance of an unlawful numbers operation and possession of numbers slips.

The Commonwealth clearly has the right to appeal the lower court’s action in sustaining the demurrers, which purely involves a question of law. Commonwealth v. Bey, 221 Pa. Superior Ct. 405, 292 A.2d 519 (1972) ; Commonwealth v. Harris, 220 Pa.…