Commonwealth v. Keck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 413, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, William F. Keck, from sentence and judgment of court of O. & T., Lehigb Co., Jan. Sess., 1892, No. 37, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Trial for murder. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Krror assigned was the admission of the evidence referred to in the opinion, quoting the offer but not the testimony.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
We do not think it was error to admit in evidence what William Nipsch testified to at a preliminary examination of the appellant. The witness was deceased at the time of the trial, and his testimony at the examination referred to was taken in the presence of the appellant and his counsel. Moreover, he was cross-examined at length by the appellant’s counsel. That evidence, taken under such circumstances, may be admitted upon the trial, is settled by numerous authorities. It is sufficient to *640refer to Commonwealth v. Cleary from the oyer and terminer of Clinton county, decided at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. ClearySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
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