Commonwealth v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Clearfield Co., Dec. Sessions, 1909, No. 25, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. D. A. Wilson. Indictment for forgery.
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Appeal, No. 38, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Clearfield Co., Dec. Sessions, 1909, No. 25, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. D. A. Wilson. Indictment for forgery. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion of the Superior Court there was evidence which tended to show that the defendant used a railroad ticket in which the name “Riverview,” a station about seven miles from his point of departure, had been erased and the words “York Haven, via. Hbg.” had been written in its place. The fare from the place of departure to Harrisburg was $4.25. York Haven is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The indictment under which this defendant was tried and convicted contains two counts. The first charges that he did unlawfully and fraudulently make and sign, etc., a certain railroad ticket, etc., on which count he was found not guilty. The second count charges that “he did unlawfully and fraudulently utter and publish as true and genuine a certain unlawfully and fraudulently written instrument, a railroad ticket, which unlawfully and fraudulently written instrument was unlawfully and fraudulently uttered and published as true, by offering it as genuine to the conductor…
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