Commonwealth v. Bredin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 287, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 88, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for nuisance.
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Appeal, No. 287, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 88, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for nuisance. From the record it appeared that at June Term, 1893, the constable of the borough of Leechburg made return to the court of quarter sessions which was in part as follows : “ The undersigned, constable of the borough of Leechburg, in said county, respectfully makes return as follows: “16th Question: Any other violation of law? Answer: Yes. See notice hereto attached.” To the return was an affidavit by the constable as to performance of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
In the indictment before us the Burgess and Town Council of the Borough of Leechburg are charged in due Jorm with maintaining a common nuisance, the nature and character of which are fully set forth in that instrument. As described in *228the indictment, and by the first witness examined on the trial, the purposes fox’, and the manxxer in which, the sewer in question was used, and the filthy condition in which the defendants permitted it to remain, made it exceedingly offensive to everybody in the neighborhood axid rendered it a veritable disease and…
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