Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Doughty

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 5, 1891No. Nos. 12, 17PublishedCited by 13 opinions

APPEALS BY DAVID DOUG-HTY, D. R. CALLEN AND ¥M. MA-NEESE EKOM THE COIJBT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 12, 17 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 758 September Term 1889, Q. S. To the number and term of the court below, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment of Wm. Maneese, Reddy McCall, James Doyle, J. D. Bauder, John Dougherty, D. R. Callen and David Doughty, in four counts.

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APPEALS BY DAVID DOUG-HTY, D. R. CALLEN AND ¥M. MA-NEESE EKOM THE COIJBT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 12, 17 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 758 September Term 1889, Q. S. To the number and term of the court below, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment of Wm. Maneese, Reddy McCall, James Doyle, J. D. Bauder, John Dougherty, D. R. Callen and David Doughty, in four counts. The first count charged that the defendants “ unlawfully did falsely and maliciously conspire, combine, confederate and agree together to cheat and defraud divers citizens of the…

1Opinion of the Court

doughty’s appeal.

OPINION,

Me. Chief Justice Paxson:

This case presents a ragged record, but, after a careful examination of it, we are not prepared to say the judgment of the court below should be reversed. Several of the defendants have appealed, and have furnished us with separate paper-books ; others of the defendants have not appealed, and their cases are not before us.

The first assignment of error appears to have been filed under the impression that Maggie Raymond, the witness referred to, was not included in the bill of particulars. An examination of the bill, as printed on page 46 of…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. CavanaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. Commonwealth v. RichardsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  4. Commonwealth v. Krolak (Et Al.)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Commonwealth v. FergusonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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