Commonwealth v. Haines
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, April T., 1914, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Greene Co., Sept. Sessions, 1913, No. 1, quashing indictment in case of Commonwealth v. Debbie Haines. Motion to quash indictment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior ' Court. Error assigned was order quashing the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This indictment, charging the defendant with a misdemeanor, is in every respect regular upon its face, yet it has been twice quashed by the learned judge of the court below. The information in which the prosecution had its origin was made on April 30, 1913. The defendant was the same day arrested, waived a preliminary hearing and gave bail to answer the charge at the next term of the court of quarter sessions, on the first Monday of June, 1913. This indictment was found by the grand jury, on June 3, 1913, at the term to which the defendant had given bail to answer. The…
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