Commonwealth v. Trunk

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaffer,

We have in these appeals a narrow question which has already been passed upon by the Superior Court (Com. v. Trunk, 117 Pa. Superior Ct. 494, following Com. v. Garramone, 115 Pa. Superior Ct. 588). The question is: Where a defendant had been convicted in the quarter sessions, and, on ultimate appeal to this court, his conviction has been reversed and a new trial has been awarded, and on the second trial, he has been acquitted and the jury in its verdict has placed the costs on the county, may the defendant recover from the county the costs of printing the record…