Commonwealth ex rel. Hollinger v. Shaeffer

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

The single question raised in this appeal is whether a court of quarter sessions of the peace in a support hearing is obliged to employ the official court stenographer to report the proceedings when requested so to do by the defendant or his counsel before or during the trial of the case.

The record shows that the attorney for the defendant in the court below requested that the notes of testimony be taken and that the court refused the request, stating that the facts were not in dispute. An exception was taken to the ruling and after the imposition of an order of $10.00 a…