Commonwealth v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY. No. 407 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 39 September Term 1889, Q. S. To the number and term given of the court below, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging that A. Nelson Lewis, on December 14,1887, with force and arms, etc., did- unlawfully, wantonly and cruelly shoot, wound, torture, abuse and ill-treat a certain pigeon, belonging to the said defendant and divers…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY. No. 407 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 39 September Term 1889, Q. S. To the number and term given of the court below, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging that A. Nelson Lewis, on December 14,1887, with force and arms, etc., did- unlawfully, wantonly and cruelly shoot, wound, torture, abuse and ill-treat a certain pigeon, belonging to the said defendant and divers other persons unknown and then and there in the possession of said defendant and said other persons, contrary to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The defendant was indicted in the court below, under the first section of the act of March 29, 1869, P. L. 22, which provides that any person who shall wantonly or cruelly ill-treat, overload, beat, or otherwise abuse any animal, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, etc. The specific charge in the in*266dictment was that the defendant did “ unlawfully, wantonly, and cruelly shoot, wound, torture, abuse, and ill-treat a certain pigeon,” etc. The jury found a special verdict, upon which the court below entered judgment for the commonwealth. We are therefore…
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