Commonwealth v. Rider
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 112 and 113, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Nov. T., 1904, Nos. 30 and 40, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Jacob D. Rider and W. H. Ruffhead. Before Rice, P. J., Beaver, Orlady, Porter, Morrison and Henderson, JJ. Reversed. ' Indictment for assault and battery. Before Hassler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 112 and 113, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Nov. T., 1904, Nos. 30 and 40, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Jacob D. Rider and W. H. Ruffhead. Before Rice, P. J., Beaver, Orlady, Porter, Morrison and Henderson, JJ. Reversed. ' Indictment for assault and battery. Before Hassler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendants presented these points : 1. Under the evidence there can be no conviction of the defendants for aggravated assault and battery. Answer: This point we refuse. [1] 2. If the jury…
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Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The defendants were jointly tried in the court below, and *624their appeals have here been argued together, under the same specifications of error. The first count of the indictment charged the defendants with assault and battery; the second count charged them with unlawfully and maliciously inflicting upon the person of Elizabeth Greiner grievous bodily harm. The defendants were acquitted upon the second count, and it is not necessary to consider the specifications of error which refer exclusively to that charge.
The first specification of error refers to the refusal of the…
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