Rolland & Johnston v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Franklin county: May Term 1876, No. 116. Indictment for burglary. The first count of the indictment was as follows:— “ That Ralph L. Rolland * * * and B. Johnston * * * on the 24th day of March in the year of our Lord 1876, about .the hour of nine o’clock of the night of the said day, with force and arms at the county aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, the dwelling-house of one George R. Messersmith, there situate,…
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Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Franklin county: May Term 1876, No. 116. Indictment for burglary. The first count of the indictment was as follows:— “ That Ralph L. Rolland * * * and B. Johnston * * * on the 24th day of March in the year of our Lord 1876, about .the hour of nine o’clock of the night of the said day, with force and arms at the county aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, the dwelling-house of one George R. Messersmith, there situate, feloniously and burglariously did break and enter, with intent the goods and chattels, moneys and property of the National Bank…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This cause was contested step by step in the court below, and pressed with marked zeal and ability here. The Commonwealth was met at the threshold of its case with a motion to quash the array of grand and petit jurors, and also to quash the indictment. Both motions were overruled, and this action of the court below forms the subject of the first and second specifications of error. We will consider briefly the reasons assigned in support of these motions respectively. It was urged that there was irregularity in regard to the custody of the jury-wheel, the sealing of the same, and in the manner…
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