Commonwealth v. Harrison

Hargest, P. J.,

This matter comes before us upon a motion to quash the proceedings and discharge defendant before indictment. This is a proper method by which to raise the legality of the prosecution: Commonwealth v. Lingle, 120 Pa. Superior Ct. 434; Commonwealth v. Brennan, 193 Pa. 567.

From the pleadings it appears that defendant was charged before an alderman of the City of Harrisburg on August 24,1943, with violation of the election laws. The information avers that he was an election officer of the first precinct of the ninth ward of the City of Harrisburg at the primary held September 9,…