Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Polite

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 16, 1959No. Appeal, 278PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Bi-iodes, P. J.,

The defendant, Bose Polite, was tried by a judge without a jury and convicted on an indictment charging her with setting up and being concerned in the conduct and carrying on of an illegal lottery; with having in her possession a lottery numbers ticket or writing; and with unlawfully selling lottery numbers tickets or writings. She was sentenced to a term of not less than three months and not more than six months in the Philadelphia County Prison.

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence and concerns the nature and sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PaulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Tyson v. DaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Commonwealth v. SaeliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Commonwealth v. MatteraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Commonwealth v. MooreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TselepisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. United States v. CiamaccoDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. BufaliniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. BufaliniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Commonwealth v. SweeperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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