Commonwealth v. Miller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 241, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1905, No. 1,013, on.verdict of guilty incase of Commonwealth v. John A. Miller. Indictment of school director for being unlawfully interested in a contract for materials and supplies furnished to a school district.
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Appeal, No. 241, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1905, No. 1,013, on.verdict of guilty incase of Commonwealth v. John A. Miller. Indictment of school director for being unlawfully interested in a contract for materials and supplies furnished to a school district. Before Marr, J. The indictment was as follows : “The grand inquest of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for the county of Schuylkill, upon their respective oaths and affirmations, do present that heretofore, to wit, on June 6, 1904, John A. Miller was_ a director of the public…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The indictment upon which the defendant was convicted was drawn under section 66 of the act of March 31, 1860, and charged that he, being a duly elected and qualified director of the school district of the township of Washington, and acting as such, “ was unlawfully and corruptly interested directly and indirectly in a contract for the sale and furnishing of supplies and materials to be furnished to and for the use of said school district of which he was a director as aforesaid, to wit: for the furnishing of labor, materials, horses and wagons for the distributing of…
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