Commonwealth v. Snyder
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, March T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 239, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John H. Sanderson, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, William P. Snyder and William L. Mathues. Indictment for conspiracy.
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Appeal, No. 13, March T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 239, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John H. Sanderson, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, William P. Snyder and William L. Mathues. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Kunkel, P. J. At the trial it appeared that William P. Snyder was auditor general from the first Tuesday of May, 1904, to the first Tuesday of May, 1907. He was indicted with John H. Sanderson and Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker and William L. Mathues for conspiracy to cheat the state in connection with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
William P. Snyder, the appellant, was charged jointly with John H. Sanderson, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, and William L. Mathues with conspiracy to defraud the commonwealth. Huston having been granted a severance, the other four defendants were tried together, the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as to all of the defendants tried and upon that verdict judgment was entered. We have in this case the appeal of William P. Snyder from that conviction.
The form of the indictment, the crime charged therein, and the facts out of which that charge arose have been…
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