Commonwealth v. Grimes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 356 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 405 September Term, 1886. In an action of debt by tbe commonwealth, for use of Annie Collins, against Thomas Grimes and Simon P. Whited, .upon the bond of Grimes (with Whited as surety) as a petitioner for the benefit of the insolvent laws, on November 22, 1886, the jury found the facts fully appearing in the opinion of this court and proceeded: We also find that the amount presently due, as per calculation attached as…
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No. 356 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 405 September Term, 1886. In an action of debt by tbe commonwealth, for use of Annie Collins, against Thomas Grimes and Simon P. Whited, .upon the bond of Grimes (with Whited as surety) as a petitioner for the benefit of the insolvent laws, on November 22, 1886, the jury found the facts fully appearing in the opinion of this court and proceeded: We also find that the amount presently due, as per calculation attached as part of our finding, is $163.39, besides the Supreme Court costs, $17.00, and that $165.75 will in the future fall due in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
In the determination of this case we are necessarily confined to the specific facts found by the jury. A special verdict must be accepted ás the complete result of the jury’s deliberation upon the whole case; it cannot be aided- by the evidence or by any extrinsic matter: Tuigg v. Treacy, 104 Penn. St. 493. The judgment entered thereon must be the logical legal conclusion, drawn from what the jury has placed upon the record as the specific, exact and complete facts in the case.
It is established by the verdict that Thomas Grimes was convicted of the crime of…
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