Lanahan v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Luzerne county: Of January Term 1876, No. 167. Indictment of Andrew Lanahan, the first count of which charged him with the murder of John Reilly, and the second with manslaughter. Plea “Not guilty.” The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court.
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Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Luzerne county: Of January Term 1876, No. 167. Indictment of Andrew Lanahan, the first count of which charged him with the murder of John Reilly, and the second with manslaughter. Plea “Not guilty.” The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. The chief contention in the court below was to the degree of the guilt, the defence averring that voluntary manslaughter, or at most murder of the second degree, was the grade of the offence. The following w7ere among the points' submitted, to which are appended the answers of the court, Harding, P.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Agnew
Upon the indisputable evidence in this case the verdict was correct. These are the leading facts. Andrew Lanahan, the prisoner, and John Reilly, Esq., the deceased, were at a saloon under Landmcsser’s Hall, in Wilkesbarre, on the afternoon of the 15th of September 1874. They had not gone there together, but were drawn thither by a political convention held in the hall above. Late in the evening, Lanahan invited Reilly to take a seat in his buggy to go home. They left the saloon about dark, Lanahan sitting on the right and Reilly on the left side; Lanahan driving down Main street. When between…
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