Commonwealth v. O'Brien

Citations

• 140 Pa. 555
• 21 A. 385
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 871

Syllabus

<p>1. In empaneling a jury in a criminal case, whether a felony or misdemeanor, the commonwealth may stand aside jurors even after the peremptory challenges of the defendant have been exhausted, and without recalling jurors previously stood aside. The right is unchanged by § 37, act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 410.</p> <p>2. On the trial of an indictment for a criminal conspiracy, after evidence has been given by the commonwealth tending to establish collusion between the defendants, it is not error to admit in evidence a relevant aot of one defendant, with which, in itself, the other defendant had not been connected.</p>