Commonwealth v. Berney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, October Term, 1916, No. 130, affirming the judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. Sessions, 1915, No. 22, on verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling bouse for immoral and illegal purposes in case of Commonwealth v. B. J. Berney. Appeal from Superior Court. Tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court states tbe facts. Verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling bouse for immoral and illegal purposes.
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Appeal, No. 180, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, October Term, 1916, No. 130, affirming the judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. Sessions, 1915, No. 22, on verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling bouse for immoral and illegal purposes in case of Commonwealth v. B. J. Berney. Appeal from Superior Court. Tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court states tbe facts. Verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling bouse for immoral and illegal purposes. Defendant was sentenced to pay costs and to undergo imprisonment in tbe county jail for forty-five days. Defendant appealed to tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewart,
The appellant was tried and convicted in the Quarter Sessions of Blair County of the offense of leasing a dwelling house in the City of Altoona for immoral and illegal purposes, the keeping of a bawdyhouse. On the trial of the case, the defense set up was that it was not a leasing but a sale of the premises. The transaction was evidenced by writing and the writings were offered in evidence. On their face they showed a sale upon installments. The defendant himself was unable to write in English, and all the papers were written by his son as the father’s agent and…
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