Durst v. Griffith

MAUCK, PJ.

It is strongly urged that the judgment is contrary to the weight of the evidence. The most that we can say in that behalf is that the case was a close one, and under the rule that prevents our substituting our own for the judgment of the jury we find ourselves unable to disturb the verdict and judgment upon that ground.

There are other novel and important questions raised by the record. The defendant in the case was under sixteen years of age. The complainant was seventeen. It is argued that the justice of the peace in the first instance, and finally the Court of Common Pleas, was…