Legal Opinion

Lavery v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1882PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of July Term 1882, No. 114. This was, in the court below, a certiorari to a justice of the peace. The transcript of the justice of the peace showed that Lavery was arrested for assault and battery upon the complaint of one Mahoney.

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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of July Term 1882, No. 114. This was, in the court below, a certiorari to a justice of the peace. The transcript of the justice of the peace showed that Lavery was arrested for assault and battery upon the complaint of one Mahoney. "When brought before the justice, the complaint was read to Lavery, who pleaded not guilty, and demanded to be tried by a jury of six men, as provided by the Act of May 1st 1861 (P. L. 682), extended to Crawford county by the Act of April 1st 1863 (P. L. 215). The justice having written down the names of…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered December 11th 1882.

2Per curiam

This judgment is affirmed upon the opinion of the learned judge in the court below.

Judgment affirmed.

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Commonwealth v. BergenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ross v. EganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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