Long v. Lancaster County

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 413
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 87

Syllabus

<p>Costs — Criminal—Verdict of traverse jury — Act of May 19, 1887, P. L. 138.</p> <p>“ A verdict of a traverse jury ” within the meaning of the Act of May 19, 1887, P. L. 138, in order to bind the county for costs of witnesses, can only be arrived at after something is legally submitted to the jury in regard to which they have legal power to pronounce either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant.</p> <p>The county is not liable for witness fees where by agreement of the parties and direction of the court the verdict of the jury as recorded is “defendant not guilty in manner and form as he stands indicted and county for office costs.”</p>