Commonwealth v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANTS FROM THE COURT OP QUARTER SESSIONS OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 61 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 741 September Term 1889, Q. S. On October 4, 1889, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill, an indictment charging A. D. Miller, A. D. Miller, Jr., and R.. B. Miller, with erecting and maintaining a common nuisance.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANTS FROM THE COURT OP QUARTER SESSIONS OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 61 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 741 September Term 1889, Q. S. On October 4, 1889, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill, an indictment charging A. D. Miller, A. D. Miller, Jr., and R.. B. Miller, with erecting and maintaining a common nuisance. The indictment was in four counts, charging in substance : 1. That the defendants, on August 1,1889, at a certain place in the city of Allegheny (describing a certain square), near to divers public streets and to the dwellings of divers citizens of said…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Mb. Justice Williams:
The defendants own and operate a refinery where crude petroleum and its products are prepared for market. There are four acres within the enclosure fronting on the Ohio river. The Pittsburgh & Western railroad passes in front of it, along the river’s edge. The Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad runs upon the street directly in the rear. The city of Allegheny, like its sister city Pittsburgh, owes its growth and prosperity to the extent of its manufacturing interests, and the river front is almost wholly given over to these great industries. The indictment charges…
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