Commonwealth v. Werner

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 249
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 227

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — JCefeclive indictment — Bar of the statute.</p> <p>An indictment is fatally defective which shows, on its face, that it was found more than two years after the commission of the offense, and fails to allege that defendant had not been an inhabitant or usual resident of this state at any time before he was indicted.</p> <p>Criminal law — Estoppel—Plea of the statute.</p> <p>An agreement for support does.not work as an estoppel to setting up the statute of limitations, on an indictment for fornication and bastardy.</p>