Respublica v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
On motion for a habeas corptis, the deposition of Levi Arnold was read, stating, that on the 3d February 1801, Benjamin Arnold and himself were committed to the gaol of Fayette county, on suspicion of burning the barn of Nathaniel Breading, esq., or being accessaries thereto, and that James Arnold was admitted to bail; that at the March sessions following, an indictment was found by the grand jury against Joseph Cairns, as principal in the said arson, and against himself and…
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On motion for a habeas corptis, the deposition of Levi Arnold was read, stating, that on the 3d February 1801, Benjamin Arnold and himself were committed to the gaol of Fayette county, on suspicion of burning the barn of Nathaniel Breading, esq., or being accessaries thereto, and that James Arnold was admitted to bail; that at the March sessions following, an indictment was found by the grand jury against Joseph Cairns, as principal in the said arson, and against himself and the two defendants as accessaries before the fact, in the Court of General * < I ^Quarter Sessions of the peace ; that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
There can be no difficulty in saying that if principals, the superior offenders, are entitled to the benefits of the law of 1785, the accessaries, who are in inferior grades of criminality,,must have the same pretensions.
Yeates, J.
was of opinion, that the second objection on the part of the commonwealth was well founded. The provisions in the first twelve sections of the law of 1785, all go to the cases of *persons committed or detained for any criminal or supposed *266] criminal matter, to prisoners in actual custody of some officer of justice.* The 13th and 14th sections are not to…
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