Commonwealth v. Myers

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The defendant, Joseph Myers, was indicted for attempting to break and enter a certain store with intent to steal. At the trial he demurred to the evidence. The demurrer was overruled, and the jury returned a ver diet of guilty. A new trial was refused, and sentence was imposed. Defendant has appealed to this court.

Appellant did not take the stand or controvert in any way the evidence introduced by the Commonwealth. It appears that about 5 a.m. on November 1, 1936, Edward A. Goram, a police officer of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, was secreted in the doorway of…