Commonwealth v. Houghton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 62, April T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q.. S. Erie Co., May T., 1902, No. 24, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. S. T. Houghton. Indictment for larceny and for receiving stolen goods. Before Walling, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict in open court of “guilty on the fourth count of the indictment, receiving stolen goods.”
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Appeal, No. 62, April T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q.. S. Erie Co., May T., 1902, No. 24, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. S. T. Houghton. Indictment for larceny and for receiving stolen goods. Before Walling, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict in open court of “guilty on the fourth count of the indictment, receiving stolen goods.” A paper signed by the foreman of the jury filed among the papers in the cause stated that the jury found “ defendant guilty of receiving stolen goods.” The defendant subsequently moved to amend the record by striking out from…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee, Ctjkiam,
Defendant was convicted in the court below of receiving stolen goods. The court, in its charge to the jury, said: “As to receiving stolen goods, if you do not find that he stole them but are satisfied that he received them, then you can find him guilty on the fourth count in this indictment.” The record shows that the jury “ say, September 9, 1902, they find the defendant guilty on the fourth count in the indictment—receiving stolen goods.” It is urged here that the memorandum submitted to the clerk by the jury omitted the words “ on the fourth count in the indictment.” We are…
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