Commonwealth v. McCoy

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

We find no irregularity in the proceedings which resulted in the order from which the defendant appeals. There was an information by the wife, under oath, made before a justice of the peace, alleging that the defendant, her husband, separated himself from her, without reasonable cause, and had since willfully neglected to maintain her. The defendant, after a hearing, before the justice, gave bail to answer the charge at the next court of quarter sessions. The information and transcript of the proceedings before the magistrate having been duly returned to court a hearing…