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Commonwealth v. Rothensies

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 9, 1916No. Appeal, No. 230PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal, No. 230, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Berks Co., June Sessions, 1913, No. 168, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. David W. Rothensies, Appellant, Frederick G. Anderson, Elwood S. Snyder, Charles A. Stephens, Ed. J. Thomas, John W. Levegood, William E. Fisher, James MacKellar, John W. Pratt and Eugene F. Carpenter. Indictment for conspiracy.

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Appeal, No. 230, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Berks Co., June Sessions, 1913, No. 168, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. David W. Rothensies, Appellant, Frederick G. Anderson, Elwood S. Snyder, Charles A. Stephens, Ed. J. Thomas, John W. Levegood, William E. Fisher, James MacKellar, John W. Pratt and Eugene F. Carpenter. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Wagner, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty against David W. Rothensies, Frederick G-. Anderson and Charles A. Stephens, who were tried together. On a rule for a new trial and arrest of…

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Porter, J.,

The appellant was, with Frederick G-. Anderson and Charles A. Stevens, convicted in the court below of having entered into a conspiracy with intent to cheat and defraud certain corporations, their stockholders and members. The testimony produced on the trial covers upwards of five hundred and fifty pages; we have here forty-nine printed pages of assignments of error, it is, therefore, apparent that it is impracticable to review the case in detail in this opinion. Such a review is, in our judgment, not at all necessary. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ShieldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  2. Commonwealth v. RamseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  3. Commonwealth v. SandersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  4. Commonwealth v. SharplessSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  5. Commonwealth v. DonnellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KirkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Commonwealth v. RosenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Commonwealth v. BrownmillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Commonwealth v. JobeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Commonwealth v. NeumanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

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