Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Bartholomew

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 12, 1907No. Appeal, No. 146Published

Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. Lehigh Co., April T., 1907, No. 5, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Cornelius Bartholomew. Indictment for abortion. Before Trexler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.

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Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. Lehigh Co., April T., 1907, No. 5, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Cornelius Bartholomew. Indictment for abortion. Before Trexler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Errors assigned were as follows: 1. The court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment. 2. The court erred in entering judgment upon the verdict of the jury. 3. The court erred in not arresting the judgment for want of sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Morrison, J.,

The defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of abortion and, after sentence to the penitentiary, he appealed to this court.

The errors assigned are, first, the court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment; second, the court erred in entering judgment upon the verdict of the jury; third, the court erred in not arresting the judgment for want of sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction.

The learned counsel for the defendant opens his printed *115argument thus: “the only question raised by the assignments of error in this case is whether…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HanleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  2. Krause v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  3. Pauli v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  4. Commonwealth v. GurleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  5. Commonwealth v. SchollenbergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

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