March v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
July Term, 1887, No. 195, E. D., Error to the Quarter Sessions of Blair County to review a judgment on a verdict' against the defendant for costs in an indictment for perjury. The facts and questions presented are stated in the opinion.
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July Term, 1887, No. 195, E. D., Error to the Quarter Sessions of Blair County to review a judgment on a verdict' against the defendant for costs in an indictment for perjury. The facts and questions presented are stated in the opinion. The opinion of Judge King, quoted in Wharton on Criminal Pleading and Practice, p. 226, and approved by this court, limits this power to cases where the accused has fled the justice of the state or where a less prompt mode of proceeding might lead to the escape of the offender. There was not the shadow of a prima facie case against March. lie was simply…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams:
The plaintiff in error testified to the service of a subpoena from the quarter sessions upon one Silverman, requiring him to attend as a witness in a pending cause. Upon the proof of service thus made, an attachment was issued against Silverman, and he was arrested and brought into court. When he was examined as to the reason, of his disobeying the subpoena he testified that he had never been served in any manner and satisfied the court that the testimony of March was untrue. The judge thereupon made an order requiring March to give bail for his appearance to…
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