Commonwealth v. Engle
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Philadelphia Co., Sept. Sess., 1918, No. 611, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Louis Engle. Indictment for arson. Before Audenried, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Philadelphia Co., Sept. Sess., 1918, No. 611, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Louis Engle. Indictment for arson. Before Audenried, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and the allowance of certain drawings made by a witness, to be taken to the jury room.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The defendant was tried on a bill of indictment charging the commission of the offense of arson and was duly convicted and sentenced.
On the trial two witnesses were called by him to testify to his previous good reputation. On cross-examination, the district attorney was permitted to inquire of the character witness whether he had not heard of the defendant having been charged with the commission *140of another crime and a warrant having been issued for his arrest. Objection was made by the defendant’s counsel which was overruled and this action of the court' is complained of in…
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