Commonwealth v. Craig
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, Marob T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 27, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Harper Craig, Charles Butler, Jack Battles and Samuel Nicholson of whom Harper Craig and Charles Butler are appellants. Indictment for larceny. Before Biddle, P. J. From the record the evidence tended to show that the defendants on January 12 or 13,1900, stole twenty-five chickens from the farm of James McCullough.
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Appeal, No. 20, Marob T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 27, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Harper Craig, Charles Butler, Jack Battles and Samuel Nicholson of whom Harper Craig and Charles Butler are appellants. Indictment for larceny. Before Biddle, P. J. From the record the evidence tended to show that the defendants on January 12 or 13,1900, stole twenty-five chickens from the farm of James McCullough. The defendants moved to quash the indictment,'filing' the following reasons therefor: 1. Because one of the members of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
1. This prosecution was commenced in June, 1901. The indictment was returned a true bill on September 10, and on the following day the defendants made a motion to quash the indictment based on the ex parte affidavit of Craig. He alleged certain facts tending to show that Samuel Barner, one of the grand jurors, was disqualified by reason of bias, also that “ he had no knowledge of the same ” until the day the affidavit was made. But he did not allege, nor was there any evidence given on the hearing of the motion, that the defendants had made any investigation as to the…
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