Commonwealth v. Emmett
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 333, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lehigh County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 32, on a verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Frank Emmett. Indictment for arson. Before Groman, P. J. The appellant was charged with having caused a fire to be ignited in a building leased to him and used by him. as a motion picture theatre from which fire was communicated to an adjoining dwelling house.
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Appeal, No. 333, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lehigh County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 32, on a verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Frank Emmett. Indictment for arson. Before Groman, P. J. The appellant was charged with having caused a fire to be ignited in a building leased to him and used by him. as a motion picture theatre from which fire was communicated to an adjoining dwelling house. The facts are more fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court upon a former appeal in the case of Common-, wealth v. Emmett and Middlecamp, 74 Pa.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
Appellant and another were convicted of arson; he appealed to this court and we were required to sustain his appeal for error in refusing to permit proper cross-examination of witnesses called by the Commonwealth; the decision is reported in 74 Pa. Superior Ct. 86. He has been tried again and another jury has found him guilty. He now complains as follows: (1) of the refusal to continue the trial on account of his wife’s illness; (2) of the instructions to the jury concerning the weight to be given to the testimony of an accomplice; (3) of the refusal to direct an acquittal…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CraigSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Commonwealth v. HazlettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Commonwealth v. EmmettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Commonwealth v. BraunfeldtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
3Cited by2 opinions
- Curry v. WillsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Commonwealth v. Sonis SonisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923