Goersen v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of jPhiladelphia cov/nty: Of January Term 1881, No. 123. Indictment against Albert G. F. Goersen for the murder of his wife Elizabeth E. Goersen.
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Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of jPhiladelphia cov/nty: Of January Term 1881, No. 123. Indictment against Albert G. F. Goersen for the murder of his wife Elizabeth E. Goersen. The indictment charged “ that Albert G. F. Goerson, late of the said county, yeoman, on April 4th 1880, at the county aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, &c., in and upon the body of one Elizabeth E. Goer-sen, in the peace of God and the said commonwealth then and there being, feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought did make an assault, and her, the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice AIercuk
delivered tbo opinion of the Court, March 20th 1882.
The first assignment of error is the refusal of the court to quash the indictment. The complaint is that it does not aver in what way or manner the murder was committed. Such objection is without force, since the Act of 31st March 1860. Section 20 thereof declares: “it shall he sufficient in every indictment for murder, to charge that the defendant did feloniously, willfully and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder the deceased.” Section 11 provides that “every indictment shall be deemed and adjudged sufficient and good in law, which *398c…
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