Commonwealth v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER OF GREENE COUNTY. No. 124 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 January Term 1888, O. & T. On January 6, 1888, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging George Clark, Frank Clark, Sr., and Zach. Taylor, with tbe murder of William McCausland. Issue. On April 3, 1888, a severance was had, and the trial of George Clark was ordered. On April 14th, tbe jury returned a verdict of guilty.
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER OF GREENE COUNTY. No. 124 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 January Term 1888, O. & T. On January 6, 1888, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging George Clark, Frank Clark, Sr., and Zach. Taylor, with tbe murder of William McCausland. Issue. On April 3, 1888, a severance was had, and the trial of George Clark was ordered. On April 14th, tbe jury returned a verdict of guilty. Judgment having been passed, the case was taken to this court by writ of error to No. 191 October Term 1888, and by opinion…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
We have held repeatedly, in recent cases, that the test of the competency of a juror in a capital case is his ability to render a verdict upon the evidence, and upon the evidence alone, uninfluenced by any opinion which he may have previously formed from newspaper or other reports of the crime. Our latest case upon this subject is Rizzolo v. Commonwealth, 126 Pa. 54. That case followed directly in the line of Staup v. Commonwealth, 74 Pa. 458; O’Mara v. Commonwealth, 75 Pa. 424; Ortwein v. Commonwealth, 76 Pa. 414; Allison v. Commonwealth, 99 Pa. 32, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ortwein v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Rizzolo v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Staup v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- O'Mara v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Allison v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
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