Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 183, Jan. T., 1892, by Commonwealth, from judgment of court of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Dec. Sess., 1891, No. 27, quashing indictment against George Williams for perjury. The indictment was as follows: “ In the Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace for the county of Lackawanna.
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Appeal No. 183, Jan. T., 1892, by Commonwealth, from judgment of court of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Dec. Sess., 1891, No. 27, quashing indictment against George Williams for perjury. The indictment was as follows: “ In the Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace for the county of Lackawanna. December sessions, 1891. “ County of Lackawanna, ss.: “ The grand inquest of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for the county of Lackawanna, upon their respective oaths and affirmations, do present, That George Williams, late of the said county, on the 8th day of June in the year of our Lord, 1891,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice McOolltoi,
An indictment may be quashed for defects appearing on its face, and for matters dehors the record.
In the case at bar, our information respecting the reasons *57which induced the court below to quash the indictment is derived exclusively from a transcript of the stenographer’s notes, printed in the appellant’s paper book, the correctness of which is not disputed by the appellee, and from the oral statements of counsel on the argument. From this transcript we learn that, in response to a motion to quash, the learned judge said, “ we shall have to quash this…
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