Commonwealth v. Bixon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Lawrence Co'., Sept. Sessions, 1916, No. 63, setting aside a portion of the verdict relating to costs in case of Commonwealth v. C. K. Bixon. Indictment for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Appeal, No. 129, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Lawrence Co'., Sept. Sessions, 1916, No. 63, setting aside a portion of the verdict relating to costs in case of Commonwealth v. C. K. Bixon. Indictment for carrying a concealed weapon. Before Sloan, P. J. At the trial the jury returned the following verdict: And now, to wit: Sept. 22, 1916, we, the jurors empaneled in the above entitled case find the defendant C. K. Bixon, not guilty, but pay half cost, and C. A. Livingston, prosecutor, pay half cost. Subsequently the defendant presented a petition to the court in which-he…
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Porter, J.,
The defendant was tried in the court below upon an indictment charging that he did unlawfully and maliciously carry a concealed weapon upon his person, with intent therewith, unlawfully and maliciously to do injury to one C. A. Livingston. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty but imposed one-half the costs on the defendant and the other half upon the prosecutor. The court, upon petition of the defendant, set aside that part of the verdict imposing one-half of the costs upon the defendant, and ordered that that portion of the costs be paid by the County of Lawrence.…
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