Sayres v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 69. Indictment of Alexander B. Sayres, for the murcter of his wife. Defendant pleaded not guilty. At the trial it appeared that Sayres and the deceased were married in November 1866. At the time of the marriage the prisoner had two sons by a former marriage.
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Error to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 69. Indictment of Alexander B. Sayres, for the murcter of his wife. Defendant pleaded not guilty. At the trial it appeared that Sayres and the deceased were married in November 1866. At the time of the marriage the prisoner had two sons by a former marriage. Sayres and his wife and the two sons lived together until 1875. Previous to that year, there had been some difficulty between the prisoner and his wife about money matters, and especially with reference to a house and lot which they had purchased…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The Act of 24th March 1877, Pamph. L. 40, entitled, “An Act to prevent delay in the review of capital cases, in the Supreme Court,” provides “that no writ of error or certiorari in capital offences, shall be issued from the Supreme Court to any Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, to remove-the indictment, record and proceedings, to the Supreme Court for review, after twenty days from sentence, unless specially allowed by the Supreme Court or a judge thereof.” The plaintiff in error ivas convicted of murder of the first degree in the court below, and sentenced in accordance…
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