Commonwealth v. Swartz
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 139, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lehigh Co., April T., 1908, No. 23, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Albert E. Swartz. Indictment for conspiracy.
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Appeal, No. 139, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lehigh Co., April T., 1908, No. 23, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Albert E. Swartz. Indictment for conspiracy. The indictment was as follows: “The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for the County of Lehigh, upon their respective oaths and affirmations, do present, that A. E. Swartz, late of the said County, Yeoman, on the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the County aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The defendant was convicted on an indictment containing two counts, charging conspiracy, and, after sentence, appealed to this court. It is contended that the defendant was only convicted under the first count of the indictment and that said count is not sufficient in law to sustain the conviction. If it is not sufficient under any statute, we consider it a good common-*510law count: Wilson v. Commonwealth, 96 Pa. 56; Com. v. Brown, 23 Pa. Superior Ct. 470; Com. v. Stambaugh, 22 Pa. Superior Ct. 386. After reciting the facts it concludes as follows: “thereby perpetrating a…
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