Commonwealth v. Tizio

Rodgers, P.J.,

Defendant, Philip Tizio, was arrested on January 13, 1960, on an information charging in general terms the crime of bookmaking and pool selling. He was bound over to the March 1960 grand jury at a preliminary hearing held on the day of his arrest.

The district attorney presented a bill of indictment to the March 1960 grand jury charging defendant with lottery: The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, §601, 18 PS §4601. The grand jury returned a true bill, and the district attorney then made a motion to amend the indictment to conform with the information: The Penal Code of June…