Commonwealth v. Cameron
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 95, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of the Superior Court, April T., 1910, No. 36, affirming judgment and reversing sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Dec. Sess., 1906, No. 585, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles S. Cameron. Indictment under sec. 9 of the Act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 230, for offering a bribe to a councilman.
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Appeal, No. 95, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of the Superior Court, April T., 1910, No. 36, affirming judgment and reversing sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Dec. Sess., 1906, No. 585, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles S. Cameron. Indictment under sec. 9 of the Act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 230, for offering a bribe to a councilman. Before Van Swearingen, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Rice, P. J., filed the following opinion: If sec. 32, art. Ill, of the constitution were merely an act of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
We concur in the conclusion reached by the Superior Court, that sec. 32, art. Ill, of the constitution is restrictive only of the use of the testimony actually given by a witness under compulsion and that it does not confer immunity from prosecution for an offense in relation to which a witness has been compelled to testify. We affirm the judgment on the opinion of the learned president judge of that court.
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