Commonwealth v. Hall

Concurring Opinion by

Smith, J.

While concurring in the reversal of the judgment, I feel constrained to place on record my dissent from the views, on some points, expressed in the opinion of the court.

There has never been any serious question respecting the conditions under which two or more acts, each an offense, may be charged in a single count. Briefly summarizing these, which are too well settled to require a citation of authorities, offenses may be joined when they arise from the same act or transaction, as a larceny of the property of two or more, the battery of two or more by a single…