Commonwealth v. Meany
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 72, April T., 1898, by John Meany, from sentence of Q. S. Beaver Co., Sept. Sess., 1896, No. 12, on sentence to pay costs, and on verdict of not guilty. Indictment for maintaining a common nuisance. Before Wilson, P. J. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion of the court below, which is as follows : Motion in arrest of judgment. Four reasons' are assigned in the motion for arrest of judgment.
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Appeal, No. 72, April T., 1898, by John Meany, from sentence of Q. S. Beaver Co., Sept. Sess., 1896, No. 12, on sentence to pay costs, and on verdict of not guilty. Indictment for maintaining a common nuisance. Before Wilson, P. J. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion of the court below, which is as follows : Motion in arrest of judgment. Four reasons' are assigned in the motion for arrest of judgment. The first three relate to the power of the jury to visit the cost on one of two defendants, jointly indicted as supervisors. The defendants, George Baker and John Meany, were indicted…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
We find no error in this record. All that need be said in vindication of the judgment is contained in the opinion of the learned judge of the court below.
The judgment is affirmed, and the record remitted to the end that the sentence be carried into effect.
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