Commonwealth v. Smihal

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Somerset County to grant the defendant’s motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial after his conviction by a jury and sentence on a charge of fornication and bastardy.

December 31, 1942, the prosecutrix made information under oath before a Justice of the Peace, charging the defendant with fornication and bastardy, alleging the offense took place “on or about the 21 day of February A. D. 1942 and on various other dates after the date above mentioned. . . .” At the time of the making of the…