Commonwealth v. Faulknier

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

There axe four appeals from four sentences all concurrent. There were two transactions and two cases arose out of each and counsel have designated them as the Lofstead and the Eppolito cases respectively.

In the Lofstead cases, one indictment charged Faulknier, the defendant, with extortion, the other indictment charged him and Bowman with conspiracy to extort. The two charges, as stated, arose out of the same occurrence and they were tried together. The first objection we are to meet is that the appellant was wronged in being compelled to go to trial jointly with his…