Cox v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. No. 85 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. . . . .....Term 1888, Q. S. On April 11, 1888, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging Dr. Henry M. Cox, George B. Evans and three others with having procured an abortion upon the person of Jennie R. Osborne. On April 12, 1888, a severance having been ordered, Dr. H. M. Cox was called to the bar and pleaded not guilty, when issue was joined.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. No. 85 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. . . . .....Term 1888, Q. S. On April 11, 1888, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging Dr. Henry M. Cox, George B. Evans and three others with having procured an abortion upon the person of Jennie R. Osborne. On April 12, 1888, a severance having been ordered, Dr. H. M. Cox was called to the bar and pleaded not guilty, when issue was joined. The testimony of the commonwealth established that Jennie R. Osborne, a young unmarried woman, had died on February 16,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
It was conceded upon the argument that juries may convict upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, and that *102when they do so convict the control of the verdict is with the trial judge, and is not reviewable here. Upon the trial below, the learned judge explained very clearly and emphatically to the jury the character of the testimony of an accomplice, and the danger of convicting upon such evidence unless it is corroborated by other uncontradicted testimony in the cause. By the defendant’s third point the court was asked to instruct the jury that: H…
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