Commonwealth v. Bunnell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 446, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John W. Bunnell. Indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse. Before Halsey, J. Alexander Dunn swore on behalf of the commonwealth direct examination.
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Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 446, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John W. Bunnell. Indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse. Before Halsey, J. Alexander Dunn swore on behalf of the commonwealth direct examination. By the district attorney: We propose to prove by Mr. Dunn that he is the prosecutor in this case, that he called at the Windsor Hotel and had a conversation with James L. Bunnell in which he, Bunnell, stated that he, together with his brother, were doing a nice business and getting along very well.…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
In criminal cases our jurisdiction to review rulings upon questions of evidence is limited by the statute to such as were excepted to at the proper time in the court below. The rule that an assignment of error to such ruling not based on a bill of exceptions will not be considered is inflexible. The practice to be followed in order to bring such rulings upon the record, and the reasons for the practice, were fully stated in Haines v. Commonwealth, 100 Pa. 317, and need not be repeated here. It follows that the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelvth, thirteenth…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonLackawanna County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1890
- Commonwealth v. WinkelmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Commonwealth v. MurrSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Haines v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Aitkin v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
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- Commonwealth v. CicconeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Commonwealth v. BrinkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Commonwealth v. LevandowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927