Commonwealth v. Ryan

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The Commonwealth has appealed from orders entered by Hon. H. S. Dumbauld, one of the two additional law judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District, comprising the County of Fayette, quashing indictments in the three above entitled criminal cases now pending in that county. As the same, and only the same, question is involved in each appeal, they will be disposed of in one opinion.

The indictments charge the respective defendants therein named, with the criminal offenses of forcible entry, forcible detainer, cutting wires, and larceny. When the cases were called for…