Girts v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Elk county. This was the case of a conviction of J. Girts, on an indictment against him, at October Sessions, 1852, for passing counterfeit money. On the docket was stated “ George Dickinson, Prosecutor.” The indictment contained eight counts. October 5, 1852, the grand jury’found a true hill. On 31st May, 1853, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Elk county. This was the case of a conviction of J. Girts, on an indictment against him, at October Sessions, 1852, for passing counterfeit money. On the docket was stated “ George Dickinson, Prosecutor.” The indictment contained eight counts. October 5, 1852, the grand jury’found a true hill. On 31st May, 1853, the defendant pleaded not guilty. On 1st June, 1853, the jury returned a verdict as follows: “We find the defendant guilty of the four last allegations of the indictment.” The verdict was entered as finding the defendant guilty of the four…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Knox, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Elk county for passing' counterfeit money. The record is' brought into this Court for review, and six errors are assigned to the proceedings below.
The first relates to the reception of evidence, and is not examinable here.
It is alleged that Judge Dickinson, one of the associate judges of Elk county, was the prosecutor, and occupied his seat upon the bench during the trial. This is the second error assigned.
It does not appear by the record…
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