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Davidson v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1886

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1886-11-15

Argued October 26, 1886, before Gordon, Thun key, Sterrett, Green, and Clark, JJ. October Term, 1886, No. 33, W. D. Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County to review a judgment on conviction on an indictment for selling liquor in a prohibitory district. The return of a eonstable of South Fayette township was made to the court under oath that John Davidson had sold liquor in such township.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1974

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Relies on McCullough v. Commonwealth

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Affirmed · Decided 1886-11-15

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Per Curiam:

¶1The return of the constable was a sufficient warrant for the action of the court of quarter sessions in directing the indictment against the defendant below to be laid before the grand jury. The duties of constables and courts, in cases of this kind, are so thoroughly discussed in McCullough v. Com. 67 Pa. 32, that we need but refer to it; and an inspection of that case will at once show that the court below was justified in doing what it did. The other exception is so utterly without merit that special notice of it is unnecessary.

¶2Judgment affirmed, and it is ordered that the records be remitted to the Court of Quarter Sessions for execution.

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