Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Butler
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 17, 1952No. Appeal, No. 58PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, P. J.,
Appellant, Frank J. Butler, was adjudged in contempt by Judge Edwin O. Lewis of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County, and sentenced to serve six months in the county prison.
Appellant had been called before a special grand jury (March, 1951) Avhich was investigating bribery and corrupt solicitation in Philadelphia County. It had been directed to investigate conditions within the county relating to an alliance said to exist between police and other public officials and criminals engaged *352in tbe operation of lotteries and other forms of gambling, such…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rosenberg AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Commonwealth v. HainesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth ex rel. Southwest Butler County School District v. SmithCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. DraveczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. DraveczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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