Commonwealth v. White

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

Appellant was tried, convicted, and sentenced on a charge of assault and battery. From the refusal of his motion for a new trial, he has brought this appeal.

His arrest on February 28, 1946, grew out of an alleged disturbance by certain employees of the Philadelphia plant of the General Electric Company who were then on strike. Defendant, an international organizer for the United Electrical, Badio and Machine Workers of America, with others had been ordered to move away from the vicinity of the plant. After defendant had started to move away, he is alleged to have made…