Commonwealth v. Veley
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Petition for writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. We respectfully submit that where a number of deaths result from the same act there can be only one criminal offense. There is only one injury done the Commonwealth.
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Petition for writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. We respectfully submit that where a number of deaths result from the same act there can be only one criminal offense. There is only one injury done the Commonwealth. We also contend that the trial and acquittal of the relator of the charge of hilling two persons, who admittedly lost-their lives by reason of the breaking of the dam, has conclusively determined that no act or omission of the relator in connection with the use and operation of the dam was criminal, and therefore the relator cannot…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The Bayliss Pulp and Paper Company owned and maintained a concrete dam across Freemans Run, about one mile above the Borough of Austin, in Potter County. On September 30,1911, owing to an exceptional rainfall, the dam broke, flooded the valley below and caused the death, by drowning, of a number of persons including Mrs. Eva A. Gleaspey, Mrs. Julia A. Swartwood and Mrs. Nellie Lawler, as well as the destruction of a large amount of property.
*492On November 20, 1911, George O. Bayliss, the president, and F. M. Hamlin, the superintendent of the company, were indicted in the…
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