Commonwealth v. Stevenson

Opinion by

Ebvin, J.,

On March 17, 1960 the defendant, Garrison Stevenson, had a preliminary hearing before the Hon. Theodore Spaulding sitting as a committing magistrate in the Juvenile Division of the County Court of Philadelphia. At the time of this hearing Stevenson, who was born November 22, 1942, was 17 years old. Judge Spaulding, sitting as a committing magistrate, held the defendant under |500.00 bail for a hearing in the Women’s Criminal Division of the Municipal Court. While it might have been better for Judge Spaulding to have certified the case to the district attorney, as is…