Commonwealth v. Dunnick

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of York County quashing an indictment.

An information was filed August 7, 1959, before an alderman charging the defendant with fornication and bastardy on December 19 and 20, 1958, in violation of §506 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 P.S. §4506. A warrant was issued the same day, but the constable could not find the defendant. He was not arrested until September 17, 1962. The child had been born on schedule September 19, 1959. The event was noted on the alderman’s transcript.

The defendant…