Commonwealth v. Putnam
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie county. The defendants were indicted for a conspiracy to commit an assault and battery on Andrew L. Haskell, at February Sessions, 1857, upon which the jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie county. The defendants were indicted for a conspiracy to commit an assault and battery on Andrew L. Haskell, at February Sessions, 1857, upon which the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. The indictment charged that defendants “ with force and arms, at the county of Erie aforesaid, unlawfully and wickedly did conspire, combine, and confederate, and agree together, and with divers other evil disposed persons whose names are unknown to the jurors aforesaid, unlawfully to attempt and endeavour to commit an assault upon Andrew L. Haskell, then and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lewis, 0. J.
The indictment sets forth that the defendants “ unlawfully and wickedly did conspire, combine, and confederate and agree together, and with divers other evil disposed persons whose names are unknown to the jurors,” “ unlawfully attempt and endeavour to commit an assault upon Andrew L. Haskell, and him, .the said Andrew L. Haskell, to beat, bruise, wound, and maltreat,” “against the peace,” &c. On a trial, the jury found the defendants “ guilty in manner and form as they stand indicted;” but the court, on motion of the defendants’ counsel,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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