Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1887

Cover v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided February 14, 1887

5 Sadler 79; 8 A. 196; 20 Week. No. 386; 1887 Pa. LEXIS 556

Counsel

Ooffroth, & Ruppel and Gutter, Minor, & Gore, for plaintiff in error., M. M. Cochran and A. D. Boyd, for the commonwealth.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The crime of perjury is sufficiently charged in the indictment. The evidence of which complaint is made was not to prove distinct offenses committed on a former trial for another crime or offense, but of certain acts committed by the defendant below, intended to thwart and prevent a conviction of the particular crime charged in this indictment. It was dearly admissible.

Judgment affirmed.

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