Commonwealth v. Dunn
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 144, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Indiana Co., Dec. Sessions, 1913, No. 83, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. James Dunn. Motion to abate appeal on the ground of the death of the appellant since the appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Rice, P. J.,.When this appeal was reached for argument the gentlemen who were attorneys for the appellant in his lifetime, filed a suggestion, verified by affidavit, that he died on April 10, 1914, and thereupon moved the court to direct that the appeal abate, that the sureties upon the bonds for appeal and supersedeas be discharged from liability, that the estate of the said deceased appellant, if any he has, be discharged from the fine imposed upon him and from the costs of prosecution in the court below, and that all bonds upon appeal and supersedeas be surrendered for'…
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