Summary
In Com. v. Blumberg, 56 Pa. Super. 589, 592, we said: "When a recognizance is conditioned for the appearance of a defendant at the next court of quarter sessions, it is to be discharged at the end of that term, by committing the defendant, delivering him on new bail, or setting him at large: Keefhaver v. Commonwealth, 2 Penrose Watts, 240. The defendant is presumed to be in the custody of the bail during the term of the recognizance.
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June 12, 1961.
September 12, 1961.
Before ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ. (RHODES, P.J., absent).
Appeal, No. 184, Oct. T., 1961, from order of Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery County, April T., 1959, No. 229, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Clarissa Blumberg v. Robert R. Greenberg. Order affirmed; reargument refused October 6, 1961.
Proceeding upon petition of defendant to reduce order for support of minor children. Before HONEYMAN, J.
Order entered reducing order of weekly support for minor children. Mother of children appealed.
William L. O'Hey, Jr., with him Henderson, Wetherill O'Hey, for appellant.
Samuel H. High, Jr., with him High, Swartz, Roberts Seidel, for appellee.
Argued June 12, 1961.
The six Judges who heard the argument of this appeal being equally divided in opinion, the order of the lower court is affirmed.