Commonwealth v. Lewandowski

Citations

• 74 Pa. Super. 512
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 185

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Perjury—Witnesses — Alleged disqualification — Conviction — Judgment—Act of March, SI, 1860, section II, P. L. S88.</p> <p>The fact that a witness admitted that he committed perjury before a magistrate, as to facts relating to the case, does not disqualify him from being a witness in the quarter sessions. Where conviction is made the ground of some disability or special penalty a final adjudication by judgment is essential; and when the law speaks of conviction it means a judgment, and not a verdict, which in common parlance is called a conviction.</p> <p>Criminal procedure — Indictment—Sufficiency—Waiver.</p> <p>Where a defendant goes to trial without raising the question of the sufficiency of the indictment he cannot, after conviction, object to the information on the ground that it failed to properly specify the crime.</p>