Commonwealth v. Garletts

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

The defendant, a justice of the peace, appeals from his conviction in the court below upon a charge of extortion. When the case was reached on the trial list the district attorney presented his petition, duly verified by affidavit, averring that the bill of indictment had been lost, mislaid or stolen and after diligent search could not be found; that the district attorney had prepared a copy of said indictment which he certified to be true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, and prayed that such copy be filed of record in lieu and place of the original,…