Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

Dauphin County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided July 18, 1927No. 107Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hargest, P. J.,

This case comes before us upon a motion to quash an indictment for two reasons: (1) That the indictment is bad for duplicity; and (2) that there is a variance between the information and the indictment.

The information charges that the defendant, “an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, employee and agent of the Commonwealth Trust Company, . . . did unlawfully and fraudulently embezzle, abstract and wilfully misapply certain moneys, funds and credits of the Commonwealth Trust Company.” The indictment, describing the defendant in the same way, charges that he “did…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DingmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Commonwealth v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  4. Commonwealth v. GougerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. Commonwealth v. CampbellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903

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