Commonwealth v. DeLuca

Opinion by

Price, J.,

On October 24, 1972, at approximately 1:20 p.m., Officer Francis Selgrath of the Philadelphia Police Department executed a search and seizure warrant inside the premises of Anna Silver, in Philadelphia. During the course of this search, which was instituted to confiscate work tallies used in an illegal numbers-writing operation, Officer Selgrath answered the Silver’s telephone and informed callers, who asked for “Ann” and then placed numbers and horse bets, that Ann Silver was not present. One such caller identified herself as “Sparky” and placed 24 straight plays, worth…