Commonwealth v. Hilton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 275, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Jan. Sessions, 1916, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Eber E. Hilton. Indictment for perjury.
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Appeal, No. 275, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Jan. Sessions, 1916, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Eber E. Hilton. Indictment for perjury. Before Hassler, J. At the trial counsel for the defendant moved the court “to grant a continuance of the said trial for the reason that on the face of the indictment and also from the facts in the case, it appears that the defendant is charged with having committed perjury in a civil suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, to October Term, 1913, No. 15, the same being an…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
Hilton was convicted of perjury and appeals from the judgment. The indictment charged him with falsely swearing, in an interpleader proceeding to determine the ownership of six mules, claimed by Mrs. Hilton against *224the prosecutor, an execution creditor of her husband, that the letters “Agt.”, after the signature on two notes, used to pay for four mules, were placed there at the time the notes were executed; and that the name “Margaret C. Hill,” was signed as maker upon another note, used to pay for two mules.
It appears from the record that no judgment was entered upon…
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