Commonwealth v. Bell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, April T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment and sentence of Q. S. Lawrence County, September Sess., 1896, No. 51, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for abortion. Before S. H. Miller of the 35th judicial district, specially presiding. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon to pay a fine of 1500 cost of prosecution and undergo imprisonment in the western penitentiary for four years and two months.
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Appeal, No. 137, April T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment and sentence of Q. S. Lawrence County, September Sess., 1896, No. 51, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for abortion. Before S. H. Miller of the 35th judicial district, specially presiding. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon to pay a fine of 1500 cost of prosecution and undergo imprisonment in the western penitentiary for four years and two months. Errors assigned among others were (1) in rejecting the offer of defendant in cross-examination of Mrs. Floyd Lawman, as per bill of exceptions following: “Defendant’s counsel propose,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reeder, J.,
There can be no question of the right of the president judge of any court in any district of this commonwealth to call for the service of another judge of any court of common pleas of this commonwealth to try causes or to transact any business which may come before such courts at any regular or adjourned court or in vacation. The presumption is where no record is made that he was called in pursuance of, in conformity with, and for the purposes designated by, the several acts of assembly confering such powers upon the judges of the lower, courts. Hence the nunc pro tunc…
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