Commonwealth v. Stewart

Citations

• 44 Pa. Super. 620
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 229

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law- — Suspension of sentence — Promise of district attorney,</p> <p>The court of quarter sessions cannot be deprived of its right to sentence a prisoner charged with bribery, to fine and imprisonment on a plea of nolo contendere, by a promise of the district attorney not concurred in by the court, to suspend sentence if the prisoner would enter such a plea and reveal all he knew about the crime.</p>