Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Perry
Mercer County Court of Quarter Sessions
Decided April 5, 1967No. 10-APublished
1Opinion of the Court
Stranahan, J.,
Defendant in this case was arrested on the charge of blasphemy. The information filed against him states:
“Mr. Perry then went to the home of Mr. Vinroe, where his wife and children were at that time, and used Blasphemy language in his home”.
*265The information also states:
“This being a crime set forth in The Penal Code of Pennsylvania, sec. 523”.
This information charges defendant with nothing, since there are no facts in the information from which any court could possibly find defendant guilty. For that reason alone, the case against defendant is dismissed.
That, however, is not the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. LinnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893