Commonwealth v. Weber
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 340, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 43, on verdict of not guilty in case of Commonwealth v. S. E. Weber. Indictment for not reporting a tuberculosis cow. At the trial the court directed a verdict for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. The Commonwealth appealed. Error assigned was in directing a verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The trial judge placed a construction on the act of assembly under which the defendant was indicted and being tried, that resulted in an instruction to the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, and intimated that the *181Commonwealth might take an appeal to find out whether his was a correct statement of the law.
The verdict of not guilty closed all investigation as to the merits of the case so far as both parties are concerned, and any discussion of the question involved would be purely academic.
The question presented is, whether the Commonwealth has the right to be…
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