Commonwealth v. MORRISON

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

Karl E. Morrison and Donald O. Johnson were indicted on separate indictments, consolidated for the purpose of trial, and convicted under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §324, 18 PS §4324, 1 for hindering a witness. After their conviction motions for new trials were refused and each was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and undergo imprisonment for one year. These are appeals from the judgments and sentences.

Karl Morrison, one of the defendants in this case, was charged with sodomy and a preliminary hearing thereon ivas set before the alderman of the fourth…