Krœmer v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR, THE plaintiff in error was indicted in the Quarter Sessions of Berks county, in April 1810, of a perjury; and upon his conviction the following sentence was passed upon him by that court: “ And now to wit, this 1st day of April , . A , r 1810, the sentence and judgment of the court is, that the “ said Frederick Kramer pay a fine of 100 dollars to the com-“ monwealth, undergo an imprisonment at hard labour for “ six calendar months from this day in the gaol of Berks…
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IN ERROR, THE plaintiff in error was indicted in the Quarter Sessions of Berks county, in April 1810, of a perjury; and upon his conviction the following sentence was passed upon him by that court: “ And now to wit, this 1st day of April , . A , r 1810, the sentence and judgment of the court is, that the “ said Frederick Kramer pay a fine of 100 dollars to the com-“ monwealth, undergo an imprisonment at hard labour for “ six calendar months from this day in the gaol of Berks J ° “ county, and during that time be confined, fedclothed,, and “ treated as the law directs; and further that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is a writ of error to the court of Quarter Sessions of the county of Berks, in which the plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of perjury. Many errors have been assigned. There are but two however, on which I think it necessary to give an opinion. The first is that the court below had no jurisdiction. 2. That the punishment awarded, was greater than is warranted by law.
1. As the court of Quarter Sessions exercises an extensive criminal jurisdiction, it is of importance that no doubt should remain on that subject. I shall therefore endeavour to mark the line of its…
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