Commonwealth v. Wilson

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Defendant was indicted and convicted under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, § 325, 18 PS § 4325, as an absconding witness. The indictment contained seven counts; one count for each of the days upon which defendant was charged with nonappearance either before the grand jury or the petit jury in the case of Commonwealth v. William Albert Morell. The indictment charged that defendant, not having appeared on December 7, 1943, before the grand jury, and before the petit jury on December 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1943, did “unlawfully and wilfully abscond from the…