Commonwealth v. Dean
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, April T., 1908, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June T., 1902, No. 332, directing husband to support his wife, in case of Commonwealth v. Davis A. Dean. Order for support.
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Appeal, No. 28, April T., 1908, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June T., 1902, No. 332, directing husband to support his wife, in case of Commonwealth v. Davis A. Dean. Order for support. Information and order for support were as follows: Personally appeared before me, John Groetzinger, an aider-man in and for the city of Pittsburg, M. L. Dean, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that on April 16, 1901, in Leet township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a certain D. A. Dean, lawful husband of this affiant, did then and there abuse the affiant in such a manner that she was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
On an appeal from the final order of the quarter sessions, in a case under the act on which the present proceeding is based, this court has no jurisdiction to review the merits of the case or the discretion of the court below. The only matter we can consider is the regularity of the proceedings, as shown by the record. This has been decided so often that it should no longer be necessary to repeat it.
In the present case, the defendant was arrested and bound over on an information by his wife, setting forth that he had abused her in such a manner that she was compelled to…
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