Commonwealth v. Wingel

Dannehower, J.,

On Sunday, November 14, 1937, three members of the Pennsylvania Motor Police, accompanied by two enforcement officers of the Liquor Control Board, entered the clubhouse of the Oak Terrace Country Club, Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pa. After they had seen slot machines being used for gambling purposes and had purchased drinks of intoxicating liquors, although they were not members of the club, they arrested on view defendants, Harry G. Wingel, president of the club, and the bartender, Lewis T. Smith, Jr. These defendants were immediately taken before a justice of the…