Commonwealth v. Bolger
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 25, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1909, No. 533, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. H. M. Bolger. Indictment for bribery. Before Kennedy, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed.
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Appeal, No. 25, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1909, No. 533, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. H. M. Bolger. Indictment for bribery. Before Kennedy, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were as follows: 1. The court erred in refusing to quash the indictment upon motion of defendant’s counsel. 2. The court erred in refusing defendant’s offer to show by defendant that upon March 15, 1909, having been subpoenaed by the commonwealth he…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The defendant, Bolger, was tried and convicted upon a bill of indictment which charged him with the offense of bribery or corrupt solicitation. The indictment was not preceded by an information before a magistrate, a hearing before him, and a binding over for trial in the usual and customary manner.
It appears that the grand jury of Allegheny county, in the spring of 1909, began a general inquiry into the subject of bribery of members of city councils of Pittsburg, after such an investigation had been duly given them in charge by the court of quarter sessions thén sitting.…
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