Commonwealth v. House

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 259
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 268

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Effect of pardon of convicted principal as to an accessory to the crime.</p> <p>The sole intent and purpose of a pardon is to relieve the particular person to whom it is granted; it is not intended to benefit any other person or persons; it is restricted to the person and limited to the offense described.</p> <p>The fact that a principal convicted of embezzlement has been .pardoned does not operate to relieve a person on trial as accessory to the offense for which said principal has been pardoned.</p> <p>Evidence — Proof of guilt of a principal.</p> <p>On the trial of prisoner indicted for being accessory to an embezzlement it is necessary to prove the guilt of the principal and this may be proved by the record of his conviction or by evidence aliunde.</p>