Rough v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
,At the January Term 1875 of the Supreme Court, sitting in Philadelphia, an application for an allocatur was made by Charles Bough, who had been convicted at the January Term of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Blair county for selling liquor without license. The application was heard before the court in banc. The facts and the grounds of the application, are fully stated in the opinion of Chief Justice Ag-new, delivered March 9th 1875.
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant was convicted of the unlawful sale of liquors without license, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the costs. He prays an allowance of a writ of error, on the ground that during the progress of the trial, and after a witness had testified, leave was given to amend the indictment by inserting the name of William Hewit, as that of the person to whom the liquor was sold. A blank had been left for the name. We are of opinion the amendment was proper and fell within the intent of the 13th section of the Act of 81st March 1860, relating to criminal procedure. Had another name…
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