Commonwealth v. Balph
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
On the 1st of March, 1884, R. A. Balph, Henry ,P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison presented a petition to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the court not being in session, praying that a writ of certiorari might issue to the Court of Quarter. Sessions of Warren to remove the record and all proceedings in the case of the Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison to the Supreme Court.
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On the 1st of March, 1884, R. A. Balph, Henry ,P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison presented a petition to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the court not being in session, praying that a writ of certiorari might issue to the Court of Quarter. Sessions of Warren to remove the record and all proceedings in the case of the Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison to the Supreme Court. After consideration the court made the following orders : Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, et al. Indictment pending in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
On March 1st, 1884, the defendants below presented a petition to this Court praying us to issue a writ of certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Warren County to remove into this Court the indictment and record of a certain case of the Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford et al. The defendants were indicted for conspiracy and assault, and the ground upon which the removal was asked was that the defendants could not have a fair trial in Warren County for certain reasons set forth in the said petition. Without entering into detail, it is sufficient to say that the case arose out of a…
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