Traviss v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
. Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Tioga county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 8. . fS Indictment of George Traviss for the murder of Martha Sylvia. Plea, not guilty.
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. Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Tioga county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 8. . fS Indictment of George Traviss for the murder of Martha Sylvia. Plea, not guilty. The case was brought to the May sessions of said court, 1883. A motion was made to quash the indictment, the grounds for winch appear in the opinion of Williams, P. J., overruling said motion, which was, inter alia, as follows: “ The regular spring term of the several courts in this countj commences on the first Monday of May and continues two weeks. The first week is devoted to criminal and the second to civil business.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
It was of course incumbent on the Commonwealth to establish the corpus delicti; to prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the bones and other human remains found in the ruins of the burned building were those of Martha Sylvia; that her death was not the result of accident or any natural cause, but that she was murdered by some one at or about the time the barn was burned; and that, in the commission of the crime, the prisoner was the guilty agent. On behalf of the Commonwealth, competent evidence tending to prove each of these essential facts was adduced and with proper instructions…
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