State v. Porter

Terry, J.:

The defendant, John L. Porter, has been indicted by the Grand Jury of New Castle County with having committed the crimes of (a) larceny, (b) embezzlement by bailee, and (c) false pretenses. The three offenses as charged are alleged to have sprung from the same chain of circumstances, and each offense is pleaded under a separate count in the indictment.

The defendant has filed a motion to quash the indictment. He contends that under our system of criminal pleading, which he asserts to be that of common law, a defendant cannot be charged with more than one offense under a single…