Williams v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Oyer' and Terminer of Dauphin county. The plaintiff in error, William Williams, was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, for having, on the 3d day of May, 1857, caused the death of Daniel Hendricks, by shooting him. The indictment was found by the grand jury, at the August Term, and continued till November Term.
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Error to the Oyer' and Terminer of Dauphin county. The plaintiff in error, William Williams, was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, for having, on the 3d day of May, 1857, caused the death of Daniel Hendricks, by shooting him. The indictment was found by the grand jury, at the August Term, and continued till November Term. The prisoner was arraigned, 19th November, 1857, and pleaded not guilty, and on the following day the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The counsel for the prisoner moved for a new trial, and, the case was continued to an adjourned…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.
The probable dependency of a human life on this decision, has compelled our attention to the case in its minutest points. We are satisfied with the regularity of the proceeding. *105The defendant was indicted, arraigned, tried, and convicted at the regular term of the Oyer and Terminer, and by the Act of 14th April, 1834, the court was lawfully adjourned to the time at which he was sentenced. The case of Mills, 1 Harris 627, is not in point; for there the defendant was wholly tried at an adjourned session. — The question most discussed, was the…
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