Commonwealth v. Pringle

Acker, J.,

The issue for determination in this case is whether a criminal information is so defective that a defendant must be discharged, due to the failure of the committing magistrate to follow the provision of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure in the preparation and filing of a transcript following a hearing. The answer, under the facts of this case, must be yes.

Defendant was charged with a violation of The Vehicle Code of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, sec. 1027, subsec. a, 75 PS §1027.1 Attached to the “information” was a “criminal complaint”, blank as to its first page. Printed…