Commonwealth v. Scouton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, Feb. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 7, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. J. G. Scouton. Indictment for libel. Before Mitchell, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial defendant made the following motion: Now, February 26, 1901, counsel for defendant move the court to quash venire of jurors in this ease because the Christian and surname of the jurors are not stated as required by law.
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Appeal, No. 19, Feb. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 7, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. J. G. Scouton. Indictment for libel. Before Mitchell, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial defendant made the following motion: Now, February 26, 1901, counsel for defendant move the court to quash venire of jurors in this ease because the Christian and surname of the jurors are not stated as required by law. J. T. Forbes, J. E. Borton, F. A. Behr and J. W. McCartney, the names of the said jurors, should have heen written in full. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
1. In Jones’s Estate, 27 Pa. 336, where a judgment was entered against “A. Jones,” whose name was “Abel Jones,” and it was proved that he was well known by the abbreviated designation, and that he uniformly wrote his signature in that way, and that there was no other person in the county for whose name it would answer, it was held that, the lien was well entered and.was entitled to preference over one subsequently entered against “Abel Jones.” In Laflin & Rand Co. v. Steytler, 146 Pa. 434, it was held that the provision of the Act of June 2, 1874, P. L. 271, requiring…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Conroy v. Pittsburgh TimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Commonwealth v. CraigSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Commonwealth v. SwallowSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Laflin & Rand Co. v. Steytler, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
- Edwards v. GimbelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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