Commonwealth v. Holstein

Citations

• 76 Pa. Super. 74
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 88

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Receiving stolen goods — Indictment—Duplicity —Effect of motion in arrest of judgment — Question on appeal.</p> <p>A count which joins the larceny of several distinct articles belonging to different owners is good, providing the time and place of. the taking of each are the same. The rule is the same in an indictment for receiving stolen goods.</p> <p>A motion in arrest of judgment raises only the question whether the record is sufficient to sustain the verdict.</p> <p>An indictment charging the defendant with receiving stolen goods, the property of two distinct persons, in one count is not invalid on account of duplicity.</p> <p>Upon an appeal from a refusal of a motion in arrest of judgment the Superior Court is only concerned as to the question whether the record is sufficient to sustain the judgment.</p>