Showers v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
error to the court oe over and terminer oe LEBANON COUNTY. No. 361 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 3 June Term 1887, O. & T. On June 8,1887, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging William Showers with the murder of William Kaliler.
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error to the court oe over and terminer oe LEBANON COUNTY. No. 361 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 3 June Term 1887, O. & T. On June 8,1887, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging William Showers with the murder of William Kaliler. When the cause was called for trial on September 23, 1887, after a continuance from June term, the prisoner being arraigned in due form of law pleaded guilty of the felony charged, in tbe maimer and form as he stood indicted; whereupon, the court proceeded by tbe examination of witnesses, in tlie presence of the prisoner and his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
The record in this case shows that a venire issued for the summoning of forty-eight jurors for the Oyer and Terminer of Lebanon county.
This is the minimum number required by the act of 1834. In obedience to the writ the required number of names was regularly drawn from the wheel and the sheriff served notice upon all whom he could find and made return upon the venire accordingly. The record is certainly regular upon its face, and shows a properly organized court for the trial of the defendant. But it is urged that among the names drawn from the wheel two were…
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