Commonwealth v. Klein
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, April T., 1909, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1909, No. 23, imposing fine and imprisonment for contempt of court in case of Commonwealth v. John F. Klein. Attachment for contempt.
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Appeal, No. 188, April T., 1909, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1909, No. 23, imposing fine and imprisonment for contempt of court in case of Commonwealth v. John F. Klein. Attachment for contempt. Before Davis, P. J. From the record it appeared that on March 12, 1909, the following suggestion was made to the court of quarter sessions: W. A. Blakeley, district attorney of Allegheny county, respectfully represents: 1. That at the February Sessions, 1909, of the court of quarter sessions of Allegheny county, certain indictments were tried, charging the defendants,…
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Rice, P. J.,
1. After describing the ordinary mode of instituting criminal proceedings, namely, by warrant of arrest founded on probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, followed by a hearing before a committing magistrate, Judge King said: “It is the fitness and propriety of the ordinary mode of criminal procedure, its equal justice to accuser and accused, that render it of almost universal application in our own criminal courts and make it unwise to depart from it, except in special circumstances, or pressing emergencies:” Lloyd’s Case, 3 Clark 188. This statement of the…
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