Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 498, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, Henry Johnson, from judgment of O. & T. Lehigh Co., on verdict for Commonwealth. Indictment for murder. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 498, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, Henry Johnson, from judgment of O. & T. Lehigh Co., on verdict for Commonwealth. Indictment for murder. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were as follows: 1. The court erred in admitting the testimony of Howard F. Kramer, relating to statements made by the defendant to him, after the said Kramer, coroner and committing magistrate, had said to him, “ If you produce your child, I will let you go free; if not, I must hold you — must hold you as a witness.” 2. The court erred in admitting the testimony of Kramer,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
In this case, the defendant averring poverty, a hearing on his appeal was granted without printed paper-books. However, the whole of the testimony, and the charge of the court, are sent up with the record, and as the gravity of the accusation and its consequences to the appellant demanded a careful consideration, we have critically examined this voluminous record with the assignments of error before us to determine if any one of them ought to be sustained.
The defendant is a young man ; about five years before the *66trial, he had been married to one Irene Weaver; one…
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