Commonwealth v. Holgate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 301, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., April Sessions, 1915, No. 281, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Lynn Holgate. Indictment, for larceny and receiving stolen goods. Before Barber, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 301, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., April Sessions, 1915, No. 281, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Lynn Holgate. Indictment, for larceny and receiving stolen goods. Before Barber, P. J., specially presiding. From the record it appeared that the defendant was charged in the first count of the indictment with the larceny of a certain buggy, the property of Catherine Bauer, and in the second count with feloniously receiving the same goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The court charged as follows: The evidence showed that some…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The defendant was indicted for larceny and receiving. A verdict of guilty was rendered on' both counts. Under the proof submitted there was sufficient to warrant a conviction on either depending upon the view the jury took of the evidence.
There are seventeen assignments of error. .We will consider them as grouped by counsel in their argument.
First: The contention of the appellant that no knowledge of the felonious taking on the part of the defendant was affirmatively shown, hardly merits consideration. It is true that the testimony of the defendant and his witnesses as…
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