Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Celli

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 1943No. Appeals, 105 and 106PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Kenworthey, J.,

Appellant was convicted and sentenced under two indictments charging pandering and accepting bawd money. Act of 1939, June 24, P. L. 872 §§513, 515, 18 PS §§4513, 4515. In her brief in the two appeals which followed she presents four questions. Only two of them are included in the Statement of Questions Involved. We have considered them all. They are all without merit and the judgments will be affirmed.

The evidence of appellant’s guilt was overwhelming. The Commonwealth proved that she had been since 1930 the owner of the bawdy house; that she visited it daily; that…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PetrilloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Buck v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  3. Commonwealth v. LuccittiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  4. Commonwealth v. WassonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Commonwealth v. NyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SpalloneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. United States Ex Rel. Holly v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Commonwealth v. Krolak (Et Al.)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Commonwealth v. RobertsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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