Commonwealth v. Richman

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Appellant, indicted under the Act of April 23, 1909, P. L. 159 (18 PS §2861) for receiving stolen goods, was charged with having received a man’s watch, of the value of $35, knowing the same to have been stolen or feloniously taken. See Com. v. Baker, 115 Pa. Superior Ct. 183, 175 A. 438; Com. v. Sendrow, 119 Pa. Superior Ct. 603, 181 A. 450. He was jointly tried with five others (one pleading guilty) on similar indictments by a judge, without a jury, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 11, 1935, P. L. 319, No. 141 (19 PS §§786-7-8). The trial judge found…