Commonwealth v. Lowry

Reno, J. (Groman, P. J., concurring),

The defendant, indicted

for assault and battery, moves for a discharge because the alderman’s transcript does not show compliance with the provisions of section 1 of the Act of May 27, 1919, P. L. 306, which is as follows: “That in all cases of prosecu*119tions for assault and battery, the alderman, justice of the peace or magistrate before whom such case is instituted shall, before he binds any person so charged over to the Court of Quarter Sessions upon the oath of any complainant, enter into a full hearing and investigation of the facts charged, and shall…