Commonwealth v. DuHadway

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

John DuHadway was tried in Delaware County on a bill of indictment charging bookmaking. See Act of 1939, P.L. 872, §607, 18 P.S. §4607. After a verdict of guilty, he filed a motion for a new trial. The lower court refused to grant the motion, and this appeal followed.

Appellant was a truck driver employed by the Railway Express Company. State Police officers had followed his truck for a period of two weeks and observed that he made frequent stops without picking-up or delivering any merchandise. On July 20, 1953, in appellant’s absence, a raid was made at his home. The…