Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1816

Commonwealth v. Meyer

Commonwealth v. Meyer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided June 28, 1816
2 Serg. & Rawle 453

Commonwealth v. Meyer

Opinion of the Court

By The Court.

The act of assembly is positive, that the writ of error shall not issue without a special allocatur. The defendant was indicted, convicted, and fined one dollar. The proceeding partakes both of a criminal and civil nature. The writ of error was founded on the 7th section of the act óf 13th April, 1791, and the same act prescribes the terms on which the writ shall issue. The writ must be quashed.

Writ of error quashed.

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