Commonwealth v. Smith

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

The appellant, Pete Smith, was indicted to Nos. 108 and 109, June Sessions, 1957, on charges of bookmaking and pool selling and conspiracy to do an unlawful act. There were four codefendants on the conspiracy charge, each of whom ivas also indicted separately on a charge of bookmaking and pool selling. One of the codefendants, Sam Plotnick, was also indicted on a charge of keeping a gaming house. All these indictments were consolidated for trial, at the conclusion of which the appellant and each of his codefendants were found guilty by a jury on all charges. After…