Commonwealth v. Doyle
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 222, Oct. T., 1900, by P. F. Devine, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1899, No. 1230, refusing to strike off verdict imposing costs on prosecutor in case of Commonwealth v. Patrick W. Doyle. Petition for a rule to show cause why a verdict imposing costs upon prosecutor should not be set aside.
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Appeal, No. 222, Oct. T., 1900, by P. F. Devine, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1899, No. 1230, refusing to strike off verdict imposing costs on prosecutor in case of Commonwealth v. Patrick W. Doyle. Petition for a rule to show cause why a verdict imposing costs upon prosecutor should not be set aside. From the record it appeared that on May 10, 1900, a verdict' was rendered in the case of Commonwealth v. Patrick W. Doyle by which the defendant was acquitted and P. F. Devine was named as prosecutor, and directed to pay all the costs. On October 15, 1900, P. F. Devine presented…
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Orlady, J.,
P. F. Devine, a justice of the peace, in Cumbola, gave to the constable of Blythe township, Schuylkill county, a notice in writing as follows: “ Thomas Martin, Constable, Sir:, I herebynotify *173you, according to an act of assembly made and provided, that Patrick W. Doyle of Cumbola is violating the liquor law in all its provisions by selling on Sunday, selling to minors, selling on election day, and doing a general retail business without a license; ” to which he added the names of twenty-seven witnesses who could, as he claimed, fully prove the charges. This notice was…
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