Commonwealth v. Friedman Appeal of Frank.

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

Appellants, Harry Frank and Meyer Letwin, together with Samuel Friedman and Simon Rosenthal, were indicted for conspiracy to commit arson and to defraud certain insurance companies. At the trial before Judge Grape of Armstrong County, specially presiding, Friedman and Rosenthal entered pleas of guilty. Appellant's were tried and the jury retired to deliberate about two o’clock on Saturday afternoon, December 17, 1927. After they had deliberated for about two hours, they communicated with Judge Graff that they were hopelessly deadlocked and could not agree; that the jury…