Commonwealth v. Cardone

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant was convicted of accepting bawd money under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §515, 18 PS §4515, which provides that, “Whoever knowingly accepts, receives, levies, or appropriates any money or other valuable thing, without consideration, from the proceeds of the earnings of any woman engaged in prostitution, is guilty of a felony......Any such acceptance, receipt, levy, or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall ...... be evidence of lack of consideration.”

The Commonwealth called two witnesses. One was the chief of police of Easton who testified…