Commonwealth ex rel. Elliott v. Francies

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

It appears by the relator’s petition and the record sent up pursuant to the writ of certiorari issued with this writ of habeas corpus/ that the relator was duly arrested and brought before a justice of the peace upon a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses; that, after hearing, he was committed to the county jail, in default of bail for his appearance at the next term of court; that, upon the justice’s transcript of the proceedings being returned to court, an indictment in the usual form, duly charging the offense, was drawn and signed by the district attorney;…