Slater v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

This appeal presents three novel and interesting questions, namely: (1) The power of the trial court on a preliminary hearing to dismiss an indictment for want of jurisdiction and discharge the defendant; and (2) the right of appeal of a defendant from an order dismissing the indictment and discharging him from custody; and (3) the ultimate question of the jurisdiction of an offense committed on an interstate bridge.

The appellant, Tandy B. Slater, was indicted for the murder of G-eorge Robinson, charged to have been committed in Pike…