Commonwealth v. Harobin

Lewis, J.,

The indictment in the instant case charging malicious mischief was presented to and ignored by the grand jury, and the costs imposed upon the prosecutrix without naming her. In her petition seeking relief from such imposition of costs, the petitioner, Veronika Sewack, admits that she was the only witness called before the grand jury and from the record it appears that her name was endorsed on the indictment as prosecutrix and that only her name appears endorsed on the indictment as witness.

From this admission and these facts the Commonwealth contends that the return of the grand…