Commonwealth v. Brady
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Monroe County, Sept. Sessions, 1920, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in the ease of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Andrew J. Brady. Indictment for larceny of an automobile. Before Shull, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Monroe County, Sept. Sessions, 1920, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in the ease of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Andrew J. Brady. Indictment for larceny of an automobile. Before Shull, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal of the court to grant a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The question involved, as presented by the appellant, is whether there was an abuse of discretion by the court below in refusing a motion for a new trial (a- — because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence; b— because the principal witness for the Commonwealth after the trial made statements indicating that his testimony at the trial was untrue). The trial was conducted with such fairness that no exception was taken to the charge of the court, and in discharging the rule for a new trial, and in denying the motion in arrest of judgment, the whole question…
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