Commonwealth v. Peoples

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Drew,

The question involved is a simple one — Does the indictment in this case charge a criminal offense where it merely avers that the defendants as city councilmen, unlawfully voted upon a pending measure in which they had a personal or private interest, contrary to the provisions of the Act of June 23,1931, P. L. 932, Article X, section 1009? — but the answer is technical and somewhat difficult. The learned trial court held that the indictment did not charge an offense punishable at common law, and the learned Superior Court held that it did. These appeals are by all…