Commonwealth v. Booker

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 395
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 322

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Fortune telling — Act of April 8, 1861, P. L. 270 —Assignments of error.</p> <p>Assignments of error which do not quote the language complained of, and where no exceptions have been taken, will not be considered on appeal.</p> <p>Criminal law — Charge of court — Sufficiency.</p> <p>Instruction of the court that it was the duty of the Commonwealth to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant, and that he starts with a presumption of law in his favor that he is innocent, and that that presumption goes with him throughout the trial until it is overcome by evidence on the part of the Commonwealth, is sufficient.</p> <p>If more specific instruction was desired it was the duty of the counsel to bring the subject to the attention of the court, .and a complaint that the charge was not adequate, in respect to the question of reasonable doubt, will not be entertained on appeal.</p>