Commonwealth v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Washington Co., August T., 1907, No. 231, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. Indictment for obstructing a highway. Before Taylor, J. 'The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed.
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Appeal, No. 108, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Washington Co., August T., 1907, No. 231, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. Indictment for obstructing a highway. Before Taylor, J. 'The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were (1) in refusing to quash the indictment; (2) in refusing to arrest the judgment; and (3) in passing judgment of sentence upon the verdict. —The indictment did not charge a crime under the law: Penna. R. R.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The defendant was tried and convicted in the court below upon a bill of indictment charging, as is alleged, the common-law offense of unlawfully obstructing a public highway. The assignments of error raise no question of the correctness of any ruling admitting or rejecting evidence during the trial; of the sufficiency of the evidence, regarded in its entirety, to establish that offense; nor of the manner in which the learned trial court, in the charge, submitted to the jury the issues of fact raised by the pleadings and evidence.
They do, however, raise the broad question…
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