Commonwealth v. Lewis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Carbon Co., April Sess., 1897, No. 12, on verdict of guilty. Indictment sur charge of removing property out of the county with intent to prevent same from being levied on by execution, and for secreting, assigning and conveying property with intent to defraud creditors and to prevent such property from being levied upon by execution.
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Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Carbon Co., April Sess., 1897, No. 12, on verdict of guilty. Indictment sur charge of removing property out of the county with intent to prevent same from being levied on by execution, and for secreting, assigning and conveying property with intent to defraud creditors and to prevent such property from being levied upon by execution. Before Craig, P. J. • The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) refusal of binding…
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Smith, J.,
The defendant was indicted and convicted of the offense of removing and. secreting property with intent to defraud creditors. The indictment contains one count, which avers the fraudulent secreting and removing of property out of the county. The plea of not guilty was duly entered by the defendant, without any previous motion, and the case was tried on the merits. The defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars and undergo imprisonment in the county jail for the term of three months.
The evil aimed at by the act of June 23, 1885, under which the indictment is…
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