Commonwealth v. Ross
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 143, April T., 1914, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Greene Co., Dec. Term, 1913, No. 3, quashing indictment in case of Commonwealth v. Timothy J. Ross, Lisbon Scott and George White. Motion to quash indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Inghram, P. J.,
filed an opinion, the material portion of which was as follows:
Many reasons have been assigned in support of the motions both to quash the indictments, and to quash the array of grand jurors at June and September Sessions, 1913, and the petit jurors at December Sessions, 1913, of the court of quarter sessions of the peace, and testimony has been taken and submitted to the court in support of, and against, both of said motions. Sections 3 and 4 of the Act of Assembly of March 18, 1874, P. L. 46, provides as follows:
“3. That hereafter a list containing the name, occupation and…
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