Russell v. Commonwealth

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Tilghman C. J.

The prisoner was indicted for burglary and larceny. He was acquitted of the burglary and convicted of the larceny. The indictment did not conclude against the form of the Act of Assembly, &c. This conviction was at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held on the 9th of January, 1819, at which time the defendant was under sentence of imprisonment for another offence, to continue until the 23d December, 1821. Judgment was given against him, in the present case, “ to pay a fine of one dollar to the Com - monwealth, and to undergo a servitude at…