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COMMONWEALTH v. CHAITT

380 Pa. 532 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Chaitt, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemuel B. Schofield, with him John B. Brumbelow, and W. Hensel Brown, for appellant.

William C. Storb, District Attorney, for appellee.

Julian E. Goldberg and William Allen Rahill filed a brief for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, March 14, 1955:

This case is concerned solely with the question of the admissibility, in a criminal prosecution, of evidence obtained by the interception of telephonic communications, — a process colloquially known as "wire tapping."

Defendant, Isaac Chaitt, was indicted, tried and convicted on charges of bookmaking and being a common gambler; he was sentenced to imprisonment...

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