Commonwealth v. Schortel

Berger, J.,

Joseph W. Schortel, on Nov. 8, 1926, was sentenced, on a plea of guilty to a charge of fornication and bastardy, to pay a fine of $1 and to pay to the mother of the bastard child the sum of $2.60 weekly for its maintenance until the age of fourteen, and to enter security in the sum of $500 for a faithful compliance with the order of court. The defendant was committed for a failure to comply with this order, and on Feb. 7th presented his petition, under the Act of- May 6, 1887, P. L. 86, entitled “An act to authorize the commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to…