Commonwealth ex rel. Wheeler v. Francies

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

It appears by the petition and the transcript of the record -of the court of oyer and terminer of Bedford *267county, which, is referred to and made part of the petition, that the relator was duly arrested and brought before a justice of the peace of Bedford county upon a charge of felonious breaking, entry and larceny; that after hearing he was committed to the county jail in default of bail for his appearance- at the next term of court; that upon the justice’s transcript of the proceedings being returned to court, an indictment in due form was drawn and signed by the…