Houser's Case

Citations

• 57 Pa. Super. 43
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 147

Syllabus

<p>Contempt of court — Tampering with jurymen — Embracery—Fine.</p> <p>1. Where, in an action against a railway company, twenty men are called into the jury box, from whom twelve are to be selected, but the jurors are not selected and sworn until the following day, and in the meantime an employee of the railroad company approaches one of the jurymen who was an intimate friend, and tells him that if he can do anything for the railway company “it will be appreciated,” the person approaching the juror may be fined for contempt of court; and in such a case the fine of $1,000 will not be reversed by the appellate court, although the offender may be convicted and sentenced for embracery under the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382.</p> <p>2. The findings of a judge in a proceeding for contempt will not be reversed where there is evidence to support them, and there is no manifest error.</p>