Clark v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR, ETC., TO COURT OE OYER AND TERMINER OF GREENE COUNTY. No. 191 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 1 January Term 1888, O. and T. On September 27,°1887, John S. Lemley, sheriff of Greene county, made information before a justice of the peace charging that on September 10,1887, between 10 and 11 o’clock, on the public highway leading from McCann’s ferry to the Greensboro road, in Cumberland township, William McCausland, a drover of Allegheny city, was murdered…
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ERROR, ETC., TO COURT OE OYER AND TERMINER OF GREENE COUNTY. No. 191 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 1 January Term 1888, O. and T. On September 27,°1887, John S. Lemley, sheriff of Greene county, made information before a justice of the peace charging that on September 10,1887, between 10 and 11 o’clock, on the public highway leading from McCann’s ferry to the Greensboro road, in Cumberland township, William McCausland, a drover of Allegheny city, was murdered and robbed of about one thousand dollars, and that he had cause to suspect and did suspect that George Clark, Frank…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Me. Justice McCollum:
We have before us the record of tlie trial and conviction of George Clark for the murder of William McCausland. It discloses a murder perpetrated by lying in wait and to accomplish a robbery. The defendant in this record affirms that there are errors in it which contributed to his conviction, and he brings it here for inspection. The alleged errors are contained in fifteen specifications which we will pass upon in their order.
The three specifications which rest on the denial by the court below of the motions to quash the indictment and the array of petit jurors,…
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