Criminal Law — Burglary — Accessory before and after the fact — Conspiracy — Evidence — Requesting goods to be stolen and disposing of them.
On appeal by defendant following conviction of being an accessory before and after the fact of burglary, and of conspiring to commit burglary, in which it appeared that there was evidence that defendant was a member of a well organized ring which committed a series of burglaries; that he disposed of some of the merchandise stolen in these burglaries, and sometimes received a substantial share from the loot of the thefts; that on a particular occasion he requested other members of the ring to obtain whiskey for him, following which the others burglarized a tavern and delivered a large amount of stolen liquor to defendant; and that the court below held that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions on all three counts, it was Held that the order of the court below dismissing defendant's motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial should be affirmed.
Submitted December 13, 1962.
OPINION PER CURIAM, March 20, 1963:
The order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery County is affirmed on the opinion of Judge GROSHENS, for the court below, reported at 29 Pa. D. C. 2d 379.