Commonwealth v. Zephon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which the defendant, Zephon, was indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree.
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ERROR to the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which the defendant, Zephon, was indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree. The following entries appeared on the docket: Now, February 14th, 1844, the' court order and direct that the Honourable James Campbell, Associate Judge of said court, shall hold the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the trial of indictment and all…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Burnside, J.
Prior to the adoption o.f the Constitution of 1790, Pennsylvania had no law Judges in her Courts of Common Pleas or other inferior courts, except for some time in the city and county of Philadelphia. Nor were all her Judges of the Supreme Court, at times, gentlemen of the legal profession. In the convention of 1790 there were lawyers of high professional attainments, as well as eminent statesmen. A change and a reform of the Judiciary was a primary object with that convention. To have a law Judge to preside in the courts of each county was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Respublica v. DuquetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1799
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