COMMONWEALTH v. KILGALLEN


379 Pa. 315 (1954)

Commonwealth v. Kilgallen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph I. Lewis, with him Cooper, Hunter & Lewis, for appellant.

William H. Colvin, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, with him Charles D. Coll, Special Deputy Attorney General and Frank F. Truscott, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, November 8, 1954:

This appeal concerns the proper disposition of motions to quash criminal indictments found against the appellant.

On September 13, 1950 the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, duly authorized to act in the matter, petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County for an order summoning a special investigatory grand jury to inquire into an alleged widespread system of crime existing among public officials...

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