Commonwealth v. Stovas
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., May Sessions, 1910, No. 51, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Stovas. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty upon which the court sentenced the prisoner to two years’ imprisonment. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., May Sessions, 1910, No. 51, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Stovas. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty upon which the court sentenced the prisoner to two years’ imprisonment. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) in overruling defendant’s motion to direct the jury to find a verdict of not guilty; (2-8) the motions of charge quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court; (9) in overruling defendant’s motion for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The defendant, Frank Stovas, was indicted on May 3, 1910, in two bills, to wit, Nos. 51 and 52, May sessions, 1910, charging him in No. 51 with conspiracy and in No. 52 with furnishing dynamite to be placed on railroad tracks and attempting to cause dynamite to be placed thereon. Issue being joined on these indictments, the defendant was tried on both of them at once before the court and the same jury. The result was a verdict in each case of guilty. Subsequently motions in arrest of judgment were made in both cases and the judgment on bill No. 52 was arrested, but the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Commonwealth v. WatermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Commonwealth v. ZuernSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Hall v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Dotterer v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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