COMMONWEALTH v. SHOOK


211 Pa.Super. 413 (1967)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Shook.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Nelson, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward M. Bell, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Henry M. Ekker, with him Cusick, Madden, Joyce, Acker & McKay, for appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ. (WRIGHT, J., absent).


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., December 14, 1967:

The sole issue in this case is whether a defendant who resides in Pennsylvania can be tried for bastardy under Section 506 of The Penal Code, Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, as amended, 18 P.S. § 4506, when the child was born outside Pennsylvania to a nonresident prosecutrix. The lower court held that he could not. We affirm.

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