Commonwealth v. Hilton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 275, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster County, January Sessions, 1916, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Eber E. Hilton. Indictment for perjury. Before Hassler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court and in the report of the case of Commonwealth v. Hilton, 69 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 275, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster County, January Sessions, 1916, No. 29, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Eber E. Hilton. Indictment for perjury. Before Hassler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court and in the report of the case of Commonwealth v. Hilton, 69 Pa. Superior Ct. 222. The record was remitted to the Superior Court, in order that other questions raised by the specifications of error, and not disposed of by the former opinion, might be considered.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The defendant having been convicted in the court below upon an indictment charging that he had committed perjury in an interpleader proceeding took this appeal. When the appeal was first considered the majority of this court held that the judgment must be reversed for the reason that the case had been tried in the court below before a final judgment had been entered in the inter-pleader proceeding: Commonwealth v. Hilton, 69 Pa. Superior Ct. 222. The Commonwealth appealed from that decision to the Supreme Court, which reversed the decision of this court, holding that the…
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