Commonwealth v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, Jan. T., 1922, by plaintiff, from order of O. & T. Erie Co., May T., 1921, No. 39, making absolute rule to quash indictment, in case of Commonwealth v. Fred Maxwell et al. Rule to quash indictment. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Rule absolute. The Commonwealth appealed. Error assigned, among others, was order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
In this case, the court below quashed an indictment, charging the defendants with murder, because a woman served on the grand jury which found the bill. The Commonwealth has appealed; and this brings before us the important question whether women are eligible as jurors in Pennsylvania.
It is conceded that, under the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, women are given the right to vote, and are therefore electors; but the oyer and terminer held that the provision of our Constitution (article I, section 6), — “Trial by jury shall be as…
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