Commonwealth v. Balph
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
On the 1st of March, 1884, R. A. Balph, Henry ,P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison presented a petition to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the court not being in session, praying that a writ of certiorari might issue to the Court of Quarter. Sessions of Warren to remove the record and all proceedings in the case of the Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison to the Supreme Court.
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On the 1st of March, 1884, R. A. Balph, Henry ,P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison presented a petition to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the court not being in session, praying that a writ of certiorari might issue to the Court of Quarter. Sessions of Warren to remove the record and all proceedings in the case of the Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, N. S. Snyder and M. Harrison to the Supreme Court. After consideration the court made the following orders : Commonwealth v. R. A. Balph, Henry P. Ford, et al. Indictment pending in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace…
1DissentJustice Tkunkey
delivered a dissenting opinion.
“The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall extend over the state, and the judges shall by virtue of their offices, be justices of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery in the several counties; they shall have original jurisdiction in cases of injunction when a corporation is a party defendant, of habeas corpus, of mandamus to courts of inferior jurisdiction, and of quo warranto as to all officers of the Commonwealth whose jurisdiction extends over the state, but shall not exercise any other original jurisdiction; they shall have appellate jurisdiction by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. FrowenfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861