Commonwealth v. Salot

Citations

• 74 Pa. Super. 100
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 102

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Municipal court — Jurisdiction—Act of July 12, 1918, P. L. 711, and Act of June 17,1916, P. L. 1017.</p> <p>The 11th section of the Act of July 12, 1913, P. L. 711, as amended by the Act of June 17, 1915, P. L. 1017, conferred upon the municipal court the right to try cases after an indictment had been found, the power to try necessarily implying authority to impose sentence upon a verdict of guilty. The acts of assembly did not confer upon the municipal court jurisdiction to summon a grand inquest and inquire of offenses with which defendants were charged; the provisions of this section clearly establish that it was the legislative intention that when defendants, without preliminary hearing, were bound over for trial in any case, the transcript and recognizance should be returned and indictments presented against them before the grand jury in accordance with existing laws, that is, to the existing courts having jurisdiction of criminal offenses. Such indictment may be tried either in the existing courts, or in the municipal court as the case may be.</p>