Snyder v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Orawford county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 247. Indictment of Charles Snyder for the murder of the illegitimate child of his daughter Marietta.
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Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Orawford county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 247. Indictment of Charles Snyder for the murder of the illegitimate child of his daughter Marietta. At the trial the daughter testified in her examination in chief that the child was born in July 1876, and that her father was its father ; that an hour or so after its birth her father took the child wrapped it in a feather bed, and put it in a chest ■; that it was alive; that the next morning he took it from the chest and carried it away. On cross-examination she testified that she was asleep…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
The paper-book of the plaintiff in error is very defective; it lacks much that -would assist us in acquiring a clear understanding of the case. Unfortunately the defect is in no manner removed by the defendant, who has omitted to furnish us with any paper-book. We are therefore left to grope our way as best we can. Whenever an argument is needed on the part of a defendant, jus*521tice to the cause and to the court, requires that a paper-book should be prepared.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for murder. He was charged with the murder of an illegitimate child of his daughter. The daughter was…
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