Commonwealth v. Poley

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

A county detective swore out an information before Magistrate Myers charging Poley, appellee, with setting up and maintaining an illegal lottery and conspiracy to set up and maintain the same. The warrant issued thereon was not served upon Poley and he was not actually or manually arrested. According to the statement of his counsel, Poley appeared voluntarily 1 before the magistrate “at Magistrate’s Court No. 3, 1159 South Twelfth Street”, 2 where, after a hearing, he was held for trial in the quarter sessions court under $1,000 hail, which he entered. The four indictments…