Commonwealth v. Gurley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
■CektioRARI to Bedford county. Lycurgus P. Gurley was indicted at the February Sessions of 1863, for fornication and bastardy with Drucella C. Clark. The testimony of the prosecutrix established the fact that the child, though begotten in Cumberland Valley township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, was born in Allegheny county, Maryland.
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■CektioRARI to Bedford county. Lycurgus P. Gurley was indicted at the February Sessions of 1863, for fornication and bastardy with Drucella C. Clark. The testimony of the prosecutrix established the fact that the child, though begotten in Cumberland Valley township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, was born in Allegheny county, Maryland. The counsel for the defendant contended that although the evidence might justify a verdict of guilty for the fornication, the defendant could not be held for the maintenance, because the child was born out of the state. The court below directed the jury, if they…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by
Thompson, J.
The indictment in this case was in the usual form, and charged the defendant with fornication and bastardy, in the township of Cumberland Valley, in the county of Bedford, with one Drucilla S. Clark. On the trial, the jury convicted the defendant in manner and form as he stood indicted: that is, for fornication and bastardy in Bedford county. The only thing that is before this court, or could legally be brought up by the certiorari, is the record. That includes the record of the trial, the indictment, and sentence. The opinion of the court…
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