Commonwealth v. Tross

Reed, P. J.,

Orphans’ Court, specially presiding,

The above-named defendants were indicted for extortion and the cases came on for trial at the June Sessions, 1925. A jury was empaneled, but before it was sworn, counsel for defendants moved that the bills be quashed for the reason that the allegations set forth therein did not constitute any crime under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and it appearing that there were no disputed facts to be determined by a jury, and the only matters to be decided were questions of law, the cases were continued until June 22, 1925, when the questions involved…