Commonwealth v. Schindler

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant swore falsely, before an investigating grand jury, was indicted for perjury by a succéeding grand jury, and convicted.

His first contention is that the investigating grand jury was not a competent tribunal because the district attorney’s petition which brought it into being was de*339fective, and that the court below erred in denying his motion to quash.

The district attorney’s petition, in part, alleged: “That it has come to the attention of your petitioner, by means of newspaper articles and from other sources, that there are numerous violations of gambling laws being…