Commonwealth v. Brown

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Appellant, Joe Brown, was convicted by a Dauphin County jury of conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to the sale of heroin. He appeals from the order of the court below denying a new trial and his motions to quash the indictment and for a continuance, contending that the indictment was fatally defective and not capable of being amended. The motions were made after the jury was sworn and impaneled, but before the start of testimony.

Appellant argues that the indictment was defective because it did not contain the name of any…