Commonwealth v. Ramsey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., 'Feb. T., 1909, No. 139, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. William W. Ramsey. Indictment for bribery.
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Appeal, No. 26, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., 'Feb. T., 1909, No. 139, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. William W. Ramsey. Indictment for bribery. Before Frazier, P. J. At the trial the following requests were made: If the court please, the defendant objects to being called for trial, upon this indictment, being indictment of the Commonwealth against William- W. Ramsey at No. 139, February Term, 1909, for the reason that it is a district attorney’s bill of indictment found without any previous information, hearing, commitment or binding…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The indictment in this case was submitted to and acted upon by the grand jury pursuant to the following order: “And now, to wit, February 3rd, A. D. 1909, the foregoing Bill of Indictment, presented to Court by William A. Blakeley, Esq., district attorney for Allegheny County, who moves for leave to present and submit the same upon his official responsibility to the Grand Jury for consideration; whereupon, it appearing to the Court that the reasons assigned by the district attorney are good and sufficient and the Court being of opinion that this is a proper case for a…
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