Greason's Petition
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Petition for a rehearing. The petitioner was convicted in the oyer and terminer of Berks county of murder of the first degree and sentenced to death. The judgment and sentence was affirmed by the Supreme Court. See Com. v. Greason, 204 Pa. 64. The condemned presented his petition February 26, 1903, for a rehearing on the ground of after-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
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Samuel Greason was convicted and sentenced in the court of oyer and terminer of Berks county for murder of the first degree and the judgment was affirmed in this court, November 3, 1902. See Com. v. Greason, 204 Pa. 64. A petition is now presented praying a rehearing on the ground of after-discovered evidence.
A rehearing however would be of no avail. The errors assigned in regard to the trial have been duly considered and adjudicated and nothing new is now brought forward to change our views on the questions then presented. What is now alleged raises no question of error in the…
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- Commonwealth v. GreasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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