Commonwealth v. Freeman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T., Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1894, No. 14, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for murder.
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Appeal, No. 53, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T., Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1894, No. 14, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for murder. Before Doty, P. J. At the trial, after the prisoner had been duly arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and thirty jurors had been called, four of whom were selected and sworn, the prisoner moved .to quash the-indictment, the array of grand jurors and the array of petit jurors, “ for the reason that the sheriff and the jury commissioners of Westmoreland county, at the time of selecting and placing in the wheel of the jurors, did not secure…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
The jury, on evidence which fully warranted the verdict, found the appellant guilty of murder of the first degree. The court below, after careful consideration of the reasons therefor, overruled a motion for a new trial, and imposed sentence of death; and from this judgment defendant appeals, assigning for error the refusal of the court to quash, for irregularities, the indictment and the array of grand and petit jurors.
Defendant’s counsel, in support of the motion to quash, offered to prove: 1. That the jury wheel after being filled had not been sealed as required…
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