Commonwealth v. Campolla
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Feb. T., 1905, No. 2, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John Campolla. Indictments for obtaining money by menace and threats.
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Appeal, No. 11, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Feb. T., 1905, No. 2, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John Campolla. Indictments for obtaining money by menace and threats. Before Edwards, P. J. At the trial when Louis Soalzo, a witness for the commonwealth, was on the stand the following offer was made: The commonwealth offers to show by the witness that on September 5 last the witness met the defendant, John Campolla, who told him that he wanted to join the Black Hand or Mafia Society, and that it would cost him $50.00 to join it. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant was convicted upon the third count of the indictment, which charged that he “did feloniously assault Joseph Collendro, and by menaces and force did demand of him, the said Joseph Collendro, the sum of $15.00 lawful money of the United States .... with intent then and there feloniously to steal the same.” The count is drawn in the language of section 102 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, and sufficiently charges the offense. Joseph Collendro testified that, as he was going along a street of the town of Carbondale he met this defendant, who told him…
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