Commonwealth v. Danner

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

Has the district attorney the right to indict the defendant for receiving stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen, upon an information charging larceny? The Criminal Procedure Act March 31, 1860, P. L. 428, section 24, provides that a count for receiving may be added in every indictment for feloniously stealing. The district attorney, in the present case, for some reason which does not appear, instead of charging the defendant with larceny and receiving in one indictment, employed two. Beyond the question of costs, which does not arise, we find no error in this.…