Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 1958No. Appeal, 170PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gunther, J.,
Appellant, Joseph R. Baker, was convicted of conducting or carrying on of a lottery in violation of the Act of 1939, June 24, P. L. 872, section 601, 18 P.S. 4601. From tlie sentence imposed, he has taken this appeal.
On May 2, 1956, the District Attorney’s office, together with the police of the City of Sharon made a raid on two different grocery stores suspected of numbers operations and arrested the alleged operators, Emerson O’Brien and Francis Palmer. In O’Brien’s store certain number slips and $5.23 were found in a cigar box which were confiscated. In Palmer’s store…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PaulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Klemmer v. Mount Penn Gravity R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Commonwealth v. NyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Commonwealth v. ValsalkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Commonwealth v. ZillafrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- State v. PetersenCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
- Commonwealth v. Wecht, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1981
- Commonwealth v. Webster, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1971