Hoffman v. Coster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a' writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northampton, to remove the record of an action of ejectment which, under the provisions'of a special act of assembly, had been removed from the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county.
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This was a' writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northampton, to remove the record of an action of ejectment which, under the provisions'of a special act of assembly, had been removed from the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. The action was brought by Jacob Hoffman against John G. Coster, trustee, and John G. Coster, Henry M. Vansellenger and Joseph Jacques, who survived John Hone and Augustus H. Lawrence, trustees, to recover 21,649 acres and 133 perches of land, situate in Schuylkill county. » • At the trial which took place on the 20th of September 1836,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The first question in this case is, as to the effect of the pardon; whether it removes the incompetency which by law attaches to the offence, and the conviction and sentence thereon. It recites the conviction, and that the sentence was to three years’ imprisonment, and then remits the remainder of the said sentence, on payment of costs. The remainder of the sentence embraces all except that which had been executed, as well what is expressed in the pardon itself, as the legal consequences that flow from it. A remission of the whole sentence…
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