Commonwealth v. Henry

Alessandroni, J.,

— Informa-tions for violations of The Vehicle Code were filed against petitioner. Upon failure of petitioner to appear before the magistrate pursuant to a summons, warrants were issued. Petitioner thereupon petitioned this court to quash the informations and warrants without appearing before the magistrate. With the merits of petitioner’s position we are not now concerned; our interest is with the propriety of petitioner’s presence before us.

The Vehicle Code of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, as amended, 75 PS §1, et seq., 75 PS §734(a), provides for appeal from summary conviction,…