Commonwealth v. Muir
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 67, Nov. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. Sessions, 1895, No. 216, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for keeping a lodging house without a license. Before Hare, P. J. Verdict of guilty. A motion made in arrest of judgment was overruled and it was ordered and adjudged.that defendant pay a fine of $ 10.00 and the costs, and stand committed until this judgment is complied with.
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Appeal, No. 67, Nov. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Oct. Sessions, 1895, No. 216, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for keeping a lodging house without a license. Before Hare, P. J. Verdict of guilty. A motion made in arrest of judgment was overruled and it was ordered and adjudged.that defendant pay a fine of $ 10.00 and the costs, and stand committed until this judgment is complied with. During and prior to the year 1895, the defendant kept and maintained a public lodging house at 231 Crown street, in the city of Philadelphia. The defendant charged and received…
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Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The form in which error is assigned is hardly to be commended on the score of precision; the first assignment being aimed only at the reason for the judgment, while the second falls short of reaching the judgment itself. Their evident meaning, however, is that the court erred in overruling the motion in arrest of judgment and in entering judgment on the verdict, on the point reserved; and we will dispose of the ease as if this had been regularly assigned.
The appellant was convicted of keeping a public lodging house in the city of Philadelphia, without a license, in…
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