Commonwealth v. Ahl
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of York county. In this case, which was a prosecution in the name of the Commonwealth against David Ahl for fornication and bastardy, committed on Mary Dalhousen, there was a writ of error to the Quarter Sessions, and also an appeal from the decree of the court remitting the forfeited recognisances of the defendant Ahl and his surety.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of York county. In this case, which was a prosecution in the name of the Commonwealth against David Ahl for fornication and bastardy, committed on Mary Dalhousen, there was a writ of error to the Quarter Sessions, and also an appeal from the decree of the court remitting the forfeited recognisances of the defendant Ahl and his surety. The indictment was in the common form, and charged that the defendant, Dr. David Ahl, on, &c., at, &c., did commit fornication with a certain Mary Dalhousen, and then and there did beget a male bastard child on her body,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion, of the court was delivered, by
Lowrie, C. J.
We doubt not that the written opinion of the learned judge below is quite sufficient to justify his rejection of parol evidence that the pardon was obtained by a fraud upon the governor. We do not judge that question in this case,'because, in criminal cases, it cannot come before us in regular form by bill of exceptions. Nor do we review the remission of the recognisance, because that question cannot be brought up in this form, the sureties being no parties to this writ of error.
We need not say whether the Quarter Sessions may or may not…
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