Brooks v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Monroe county: No. 357, to January Term 1869. This was an indictment against Williams Brooks and Charles Orme for the murder of Theodore Brodhead. The indictment was found September 30th 1868, and the prisoners were tried December 28th 1868. Thomas Brodhead, a brother of the deceased, was the keeper of an hotel in Dutotsburg, Monroe county.
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Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Monroe county: No. 357, to January Term 1869. This was an indictment against Williams Brooks and Charles Orme for the murder of Theodore Brodhead. The indictment was found September 30th 1868, and the prisoners were tried December 28th 1868. Thomas Brodhead, a brother of the deceased, was the keeper of an hotel in Dutotsburg, Monroe county. He testified that he came home between 11 and 12 o’clock in the forenoon of September 25th 1868, and was informed that his bar drawer had been robbed by two men; having obtained information of the direction in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 25th 1869, by
Agnew, J.
Thomas Brodhead kept the Brainerd House in Dutotsville, Monroe county. On the 25th of September last, returning home he was informed that his bar-drawer had been robbed by two men, who had left a very short time before. With his brother, Theodore Brodhead, he started in pursuit of the thieves and overtook them within a mile from home. When he came up he told them they must go back with him, that his bar had been-robbed, and they were supposed to be the men. Brooks-said he would go back, Orme refused. Thomas took Orme by the…
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