Commonwealth v. Scott
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 152, April T., 1898, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Sept. Sess., 1897, No. 707, on verdict of guilty. Reeder and Smith, JJ., dissent. Indictment for fornication and bastardy. ' Before Frazer, J. f . The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 152, April T., 1898, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Sept. Sess., 1897, No. 707, on verdict of guilty. Reeder and Smith, JJ., dissent. Indictment for fornication and bastardy. ' Before Frazer, J. f . The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in sustaining objection to the following offer of evidence on the part of defendant, which offer and objection thereto are as follows: “ Counsel for defendant offer in evidence a written article of agreement, dated the 3d day of…
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Orlady, J.,
The defendant was indicted under section 37 of the act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, charging fornication and bastardy. On the trial the following offer was made: “Counsel for defendant offer in evidence a written article of agreement dated the 3d day of December, 1896, between Maggie Springer, the prosecutrix, together with her parents, James and Rachel Springer, and the defendant, wherein, for the consideration *592therein named, the case, then pending before S. Gr. Matchett, Esq., justice of the peace, was fully settled between the parties before arrest of defendant,…
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