Commonwealth v. Zuern
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Northumberland Co., May T., 1900, No. 56, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. E. O. Zuern, T. A. Holl, O. J. Reed, W. A. Reppard, W. S. Zimmerman, W. B. Dixey, Maier Rothschild and H. L. Boas. Indictment for conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Before Johnson, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Northumberland Co., May T., 1900, No. 56, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. E. O. Zuern, T. A. Holl, O. J. Reed, W. A. Reppard, W. S. Zimmerman, W. B. Dixey, Maier Rothschild and H. L. Boas. Indictment for conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Before Johnson, P. J., specially presiding. From the record it appeared that thirteen persons were included in the indictment, which was for a conspiracy to cheat and defraud the borough of Shamokin in passing borough legislation relating to the paving contract. At the trial…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The appellants were convicted under an indictment charging them with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the borough of Shamokin. The facts are to be gathered from some 1,200 pages of printed testimony submitted by the commonwealth, — the defendants offering no evidence. Thirteen persons were originally indicted. Two were not tried. Three were acquitted. Eight were convicted and now appeal. Of the eight, five were members of the borough council, viz: Zuern, Holl, Reed, Reppard and Zimmerman, and three, Dixe.y, Rothschild and Boas, were alleged to be interested in…
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