Commonwealth v. Berney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1917, No. 181, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1916, No. 131, affirming judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. Sessions, 1915, No. 38, on verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling house for immoral and illegal purposes in case of Commonwealth v. B. J. Berney. Appeal from Superior Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling house for immoral and illegal purposes.
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Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1917, No. 181, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1916, No. 131, affirming judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. Sessions, 1915, No. 38, on verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling house for immoral and illegal purposes in case of Commonwealth v. B. J. Berney. Appeal from Superior Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of leasing a dwelling house for immoral and illegal purposes. Defendant was sentenced to pay costs and to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for forty-five days. Defendant appealed to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewabt,
We have found occasion several .times in reviewing criminal trials where we have discovered reversible error and directed another trial, to advert, because of complaints of counsel in relation thereto; to the brevity of the court’s instructions on the subject of a reasonable doubt, and in view of a second trial being ordered we have suggested that upon the retrial it would be well for the court to explain to the jury the legal meaning of the expression “reasonable doubt”; but this court has never held it reversible error in a trial for the court to instruct in…
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