State v. Ciesielski

Defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced in the Court of Common Pleas on two counts, the first for burglary and the second for larceny of narcotics, both arising out of entry into a drug store during the night of June 19, 1960.

Defendant was apprehended on the same night by police, following a high speed chase by cruiser from the vicinity of the scene of the crime. His car was wrecked during the chase, and an alleged confederate escaped.

He was charged in Municipal Court, bound over to the grand jury, and released on bail as set by the Common Pleas Court pending grand jury indictment. While…