Commonwealth v. Weaver
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 296, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Bucks Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 35, on verdict of guilty in case of Com. v. Milton Weaver. Indictment for abortion. Before Ryan, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty.
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Appeal, No. 296, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Bucks Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 35, on verdict of guilty in case of Com. v. Milton Weaver. Indictment for abortion. Before Ryan, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty. On a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial Ryan, P. J., filed the following opinión: The defendant was indicted for procuring an abortion upon the body of one Elizabeth Shelly, under the 87th and 88th Sections of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 404, and convicted upon four of the five counts contained in the bill of indictment. He…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
All of the questions raised by the assignments of error are clearly stated and fully considered in the opinion filed by the learned trial judge in overruling the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment and for new trial. Notwithstanding the able and learned argument of appellant’s counsel we are unanimously of opinion that they were correctly decided and that further discussion by us is not needed in order to clearly present the questions involved or to vindicate the conclusion at which we have arrived. The assignments of error are overruled, the judgment is affirmed, and the…
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