Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mohr

Berks County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided November 15, 1926No. Nos. 216 and 217Published

1Opinion of the Court

Stevens, J.,

These two cases, the first charging adultery and the second fornication, were tried together and resulted in verdicts of guilty. Defendants have filed reasons for a new trial, alleging that the verdicts were against the law, the evidence, the weight of the evidence and the charge of the court, and that the court erred in overruling defendants’ demurrers to the evidence. The record does not disclose that the defendants entered demurrers. We recall that counsel talked about demurring to the evidence, but our recollection further is that, when it was explained that such action would…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Matchin v. MatchinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
  2. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Cornelius v. HambaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  4. Commonwealth v. MosierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  5. Commonwealth v. Sonis SonisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

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