Hutchison & Batchelder v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term 1876, Nos. 62 and 63. This was an indictment of A. Peter Hutchison and W. S. Batch-elder for embezzlement and larceny as bailees.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term 1876, Nos. 62 and 63. This was an indictment of A. Peter Hutchison and W. S. Batch-elder for embezzlement and larceny as bailees. On the 13th of July 1874, R. L. Bishop, the prosecutor, who was the holder of two orders drawn upon and accepted by the Union Pipe Line for 10837%% barrels of crude petroleum, endorsed said orders and delivered them to the firm of Hutchison & Batchelder, oil dealers, and received from them the following receipt:— “Parker’s Landing, Pa., July 13th 1874. “ Received of Mr. R. L.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
There was a certiorari as well as writ of error in this case. The former was specially allowed by our brother Williams at chambers. There was no allowance of the writ of error, although issued simultaneously with the certiorari. This was evidently an oversight. The Commonwealth moved to quash both writs, and assigned as reasons therefor, 1. Informality in the allowance of the writs; and 2. That neither certiorari nor writ of error would lie in the case. The objections are purely formal, and inasmuch as the record presents a proper case for review, we have no hesitation in allowing the writ of…
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