Commonwealth v. Valvano

Lewis, J.,

Defendant, Frank Valvano, was indicted on a charge of: (a) Obstructing legal process; (b) aggravated assault and battery, and assault and battery.

Upon trial before a jury he was convicted of obstructing legal process and aggravated assault and battery. From said convictions he has obtained rules for new trial and motion in arrest of judgment, respectively.

The facts are substantially as follows: On January 17, 1936, deputy sheriffs T. Ferguson and A. I. Fowler went to the home of defendant, in the City of Scranton, with a writ of replevin in which cause of action Frank Valvano,…