Kilrow v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error and certiorari to the Court of Quartér Sessions of Susquehanna county: Of January Term 1879, Nos. 72 and 73. Indictment of Thomas KilroAv for receiving stolen goods. On the night of December 5th 1876, the store of Roscoe T. Ilandrick, at Lawsville Centre, Susquehanna county, Avhs broken open, and about $40 in money, $15 in postage stamps, and cigars of the value of $78 Avere stolen. Kilrow was indicted for receiving the cigars knowing them to have been stolen.
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Error and certiorari to the Court of Quartér Sessions of Susquehanna county: Of January Term 1879, Nos. 72 and 73. Indictment of Thomas KilroAv for receiving stolen goods. On the night of December 5th 1876, the store of Roscoe T. Ilandrick, at Lawsville Centre, Susquehanna county, Avhs broken open, and about $40 in money, $15 in postage stamps, and cigars of the value of $78 Avere stolen. Kilrow was indicted for receiving the cigars knowing them to have been stolen. The only direct evidence against the defendant was the testimony of John Preston, who swore that he, with Frederick Gill and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
On the night of the 5th of December 1876, the store of Roscoe T. Handrick at Lawsville Centre, in the county of Susquehanna, was broken open, and about $40 in money, $15 in postage stamps, and cigars of the value of $78, belonging to him were stolen. Kilrow, the defendant below, was indicted, tried and convicted on the charge that he had received the cigars, knowing them to be stolen goods. The only direct and distinct evidence of the defendant’s guilt was the testimony of John Preston, who swore that he, with Frederick Gill and William Chichester, had committed the larceny.
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