Commonwealth v. Myers

Citations

• 137 Pa. 407
• 21 A. 246
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 897

Syllabus

<p>1. While an appeal from a conviction and sentence for a felony triable exclusively in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, is a matter of right, under the act of May 19, 1874, P. L. 219, and no longer requires an allocatur, the admission of the defendant to bail, pending the appeal, is not a matter of right, or of course, even though the offence be bailable.</p> <p>2. Such admission to bail rests in the sound discretipn of the Supreme Court, or of a justice thereof, tobe exercised with care and a full knowledge of the facts and with reference to the merits of the case; wherefore, for information as to the merits, it is essential that the application be accompianied by a copy of the record, the bill of exceptions, and the assignments of error.</p>