Commonwealth v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Aug. Sessions, 1913, No. 296, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Solomon Brown. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Martin, P. J. The court charged as follows: [The case you have been trying for the last two days is a charge of conspiracy. This is a different crime from those heretofore presented for your consideration.
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Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Aug. Sessions, 1913, No. 296, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Solomon Brown. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Martin, P. J. The court charged as follows: [The case you have been trying for the last two days is a charge of conspiracy. This is a different crime from those heretofore presented for your consideration. Conspiracy is a combination between two or more persons to do an unlawful act. After the conspiracy is formed, it makes no difference which one of the conspirators performs the unlawful…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephakt, J.,
There is no complaint that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the jury in returning a verdict of guilty. The defendant was charged with the crime of conspiracy. The principal witness for the commonwealth, Ginsburg, was one of the conspirators. He was the owner of two retail shoe establishments in Philadelphia, the stock in which was valued at $18,000. Being in need of money to pay the season’s bills, he asked Brown, the defendant, for a loan of $1,000. Brown replied that he was “foolish to borrow money,” that he “could fail and make a bunch of money.” At the…
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