Commonwealth v. Foust

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Gilbert P. Foust was indicted and convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Westmoreland County on a charge of wilful neglect to support a child born out of lawful wedlock. Section 732 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 P.S. §4732. He filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. These motions were denied by the court en banc, and sentence was imposed. This appeal followed.

Appellant first contends that the indictment should have been quashed because it did not recite the date of the intercourse causing conception. There is no merit in this…