Commonwealth v. Tryon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Crawford Co., May T., 1905, No. 17, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. D. W. Tryon.- Indictment against a banker for accepting deposits when insolvent. Before Thomas, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed.
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Appeal, No. 100, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Crawford Co., May T., 1905, No. 17, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. D. W. Tryon.- Indictment against a banker for accepting deposits when insolvent. Before Thomas, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were (1-8) rulings on evidence referred to ' in the opinion of the Superior Court; (5, 6) in refusing a new trial “ when the evidence Avas overwhelmingly in favor of the defendant as to his actual knowledge…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The defendant’s counsel make their principal argument for a reversal upon the fifth and sixth assignments of error, which both relate to the refusal to grant a new trial, and this upon the ground that, “ The evidence was overwhelmingly in favor of the defendant as to his actual knowledge of his, and the bank’s, insolvency at the time of the commission of the offense charged.”
Several careful readings of the charge of the court and of its opinion, refusing to grant a new trial, have failed to raise in our mind even a suspicion of bias or prejudice on the part of the court…
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