Commonwealth v. Voci

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

The defendant was convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lancaster County upon indictment charging him with pool selling and bookmaking in violation of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §607, 18 PS §4607.* After the verdict of guilty, defendant filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Following the trial court’s refusal of these motions and the imposition of sentence, defendant appealed to the Superior Court where the judgment was affirmed (185 Pa. Superior Ct. 563, 138 A. 2d 232). From that affirmance we allowed the present…