Commonwealth v. Russell

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The defendant, Albert Russell, Sr., has appealed from his conviction and sentence on an indictment charging him with being an accessory before the fact (1) to the wanton, malicious and felonious damage done to a road roller, belonging to Girard Construction Company, by the explosion, on February 26, 1939, of dynamite placed upon it by his counsel and command ; and (2) to an attempt likewise to damage a power shovel, belonging to said company, by dynamite. (Act of April 20, 1927, P. L. 326, amending sec. 141 of the Criminal Code of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382). The…