Commonwealth v. House
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 12, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. F. R. House. Indictment for assault and battery. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 17, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 12, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. F. R. House. Indictment for assault and battery. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. When Emma Byers was on the stand the following offer was made: Counsel for the commonwealth offers to prove by this witness that the defendant in this case attempted to assault her, or assaulted her on the porch of the house at the corner of East Pittsburg street and Alwine avenue about the hour of six…
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Opinion by
Portee, J.,
The testimony embraced by the first specification of error was admitted without an exception having been taken in the court below, and the specification is dismissed. The evidence offered by the defendant, the rejection of which is the subject of the second specification of error, was manifestly founded upon mere hearsay and it was properly excluded. The second specification of error is overruled.
The defendant had in his direct testimony given a minutely detailed statement of his whereabouts and actions between the time of his arrival in Greensburg and the time of the…
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