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COMMONWEALTH v. LOFTON

389 Pa. 273 (1957)

Commonwealth v. Lofton, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Rome, for appellant.

Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, with him Victor H. Blanc, District Attorney and James N. Lafferty, First Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, June 6, 1957:

This appeal is from a judgment of sentence for alleged contempt growing out of the fifth trial of Aaron Turner for murder which is the subject of our decision in Commonwealth v. Turner at p. 239 ante. Most, if not all, of the substantive and procedural facts material to the disposition of the instant appeal are set forth in the Turner opinion in detail. Some will necessarily have to be repeated here for a proper...

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