Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hubbs (No. 1)
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 5, 1939No. 1; Appeal, 172PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Cunningham, J.,
In behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its Attorney General, acting in his official capacity, has appealed from an order of the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County quashing an indictment returned against Edward Hubbs and charging him with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury while testifying, on October 14, 1937, as a witness before the October, 1937, grand jury, relative to matters into which it had been specially directed and charged to inquire. As that grand jury, by direction of the court, remained in session and continued its investigations…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Minerd v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- State v. FassetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Dauphin County Grand Jury Investigation ProceedingsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Heaney v. Mauch Chunk Boro. (Et Al.)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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- Commonwealth v. BrownmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Lemoyne Borough Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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