Commonwealth v. Branch

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

The instant appeal arises from the same incident which prompted our opinion in Commonwealth v. Holman, 237 Pa. Superior Ct. 291 (1975). On the night of April 15, 1974, at about 11:00 P.M., Marie Tomlin, Ruth Dinowski and Mary Cara were standing on a corner at 4th Street and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia. The three women had just attended a bingo game and were awaiting their bus to go home. Four men emerged from a nearby taproom and one of the men said, “Oh, there’s some bingo money.” At that point three of the four men attacked the women. Shortly thereafter the fourth…