Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T.'Clearfield County, Dec. T., 1903, No. 44, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. John W. Williams, alias “Black Spot.” Indictment for murder. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned among others were (1) rejection of offer quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court; (6) in not granting a new trial because of the separation of the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
None of the assignments of error have any substance.
Appellant in cross-examination of the witness Betty Friday *530asked, “ Weren’t you running a sporting house there?” and offered to follow with the question, “ whether or not she was running a house of ill repute in which liquor was sold and drunk contrary to law, and gambling was carried on, and to follow this further by showing by the witness herself that she is a married woman ; that she does not live with her husband and that she has not lived with him for many years and to follow her back in her career for the purpose of…
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