Commonwealth v. Weber
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 386, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 694, overruling demurrer in case of Commonwealth v. Lércy Weber. Error assigned was in overruling demurrer to indictment directing the defendant to plead.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The indictment charges the defendant with attempted subornation of perjury. A demurrer was filed in which the defendant added “saving to himself all manner and benefit of technicalities, and especially the right to plead to the indictment and a trial by his peers and the law of the land, in the event that the said demurrer should not be sustained.” The court “overruled the demurrer ; the defendant was directed to plead to the indictment.” The contingency anticipated by the defendant is now presented, and his plea to the indictment is directed by the court in answer to his prayer.…
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