Carpenter's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 51, July T., 1895, by A. M. Carpenter, from decree of O. C. Juniata Co., confirming report of auditor. Exceptions to auditor’s report.
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Appeal, No. 51, July T., 1895, by A. M. Carpenter, from decree of O. C. Juniata Co., confirming report of auditor. Exceptions to auditor’s report. The facts of the case as agreed upon by the parties in interest, and found by the auditor, George J. Parker, Esq., were as follows: “James Carpenter died intestate on December 10,1893, and left to survive him a widow, Hetty Carpenter, and one child, James B. Carpenter, and A. M. Carpenter and S. L. Carpenter, brothers, and Margaret Losh, Martha Kneiper and Balinda Sellers, sisters, and a deceased sister, Amanda Moorhouse, who died intestate, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The penalty for murder in the first degree in Pennsylvania is death by hanging. No confiscation of lands or goods, and no deprivation of the inheritable quality of blood, constitutes any part of the penalty of this offense. The Declaration of Rights, article 1, sec. 18, of the constitution of the state declares that “ no person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the legislature,” and by section 19 it is provided that, “ No attainder shall work corruption of blood nor, except during the life of the offender, forfeiture of estate to the commonwealth. The…
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