Commonwealth v. Tillia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, April T., 1920, by Commonwealth, from judgment of Q. S. Lawrence County, on verdict of not guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. William G. Tillia, December Sessions, 1918, No. 50. Indictment for forcible entry and detainer.
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Appeal, No. 59, April T., 1920, by Commonwealth, from judgment of Q. S. Lawrence County, on verdict of not guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. William G. Tillia, December Sessions, 1918, No. 50. Indictment for forcible entry and detainer. Before Emery, P. J. The court charged in part as follows: The defendant goes upon the witness stand and states that on the 17th of August of this year, three days previous to the date of this alleged entry, that he and his wife and son were upon this farm and there had a talk with Mr. Roberts the owner of it. That in that conversation and at that time Mr.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The defendant was indicted for forcible entry and detainer. The prosecutor had been the owner of a farm in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, and was there in the dwelling house with his wife and daughter on the 20th of August, 1917, when the defendant appeared on the premises with two of his sons who were young men and the driver of a truck, and demanded possession of the house. The doors were locked and possession denied by the occupants, whereupon the defendant, after trying to open one of the doors, procured a hammer and a screw driver and with the assistance…
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