Commonwealth v. Reed
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 62, April T., 1917, by plaintiff from order of O. & T. Cambria Co., June T., 1915, No. 5, entering nolle prosequi in case of Commonwealth v. James Reed, et al. Indictment for robbery and for receiving stolen goods. Before O’Connor, J. From the record it appeared that on June 13, 1916, the cause being reached for trial, the court entered a nolle prosequi on the bill of indictment upon motion of private counsel over objection of the district attorney.
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Appeal, No. 62, April T., 1917, by plaintiff from order of O. & T. Cambria Co., June T., 1915, No. 5, entering nolle prosequi in case of Commonwealth v. James Reed, et al. Indictment for robbery and for receiving stolen goods. Before O’Connor, J. From the record it appeared that on June 13, 1916, the cause being reached for trial, the court entered a nolle prosequi on the bill of indictment upon motion of private counsel over objection of the district attorney. There was no application for the motion based on affidavit. Error assigned was the order of the court entering a nolle prosequi.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portbr, J.,
The indictment in this case contained two counts; the first charging the defendants with robbery, and the second charging receiving stolen goods. The indictment was in proper form and the record discloses no irregularity. The learned judge of the court below, notwithstanding the protest of the district attorney, entered the following order, viz: “June 13, 1916, application having been made to the district attorney to have within case nol. prossed and the same having been refused, Percy Allen Rose, private counsel for the Commonwealth, now moves the court to enter nol.…
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