Quigley v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1877, No. 249. Indictment of Patrick Quigley for the murder of his wife Catharine Quigley. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1877, No. 249. Indictment of Patrick Quigley for the murder of his wife Catharine Quigley. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The only questions passed upon by this court were first, whether the case presented a clear one of murder in the first degree, and second, whether a juror could be challenged for cause by the prisoner, the cause assigned being that the juror was named in the return to the venire as “William S. Thompson, whittier, No. 1511 Thompson street, Twenty-ninth Ward.”…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered,
2Per curiam
There is no merit whatever in the assignments of error in this case. The court properly overruled the challenge to William S. Thompson, a juror. He was identified by name and residence, both of which were correctly given in the panel. The want of accuracy as to his occupation was not sufficient to create a doubt of his identity. The addition was insensible, and not a change of his real occupation. There was nothing to mislead,' and therefore no injury arose or could arise from an addition which designated no known occupation or business. But the…
3Cases cited1 opinion
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