Opinion

Brown v. Commonwealth

  • 4 Rawle 259
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Feb 15, 1833
Status
Published
Cited by
12 cases
Authority
More cited than 98.6%

The opinion

Per Curiam.

The preceding sentence, though erroneous, was not void. On the contrary, it was in full force, till it was reversed, and *260 would protect the officer from an action of trespass for false imprisonment. Having been thus in force, it expired, for all legal purposes, at the time of its reversal, and the period of the•subsequent one which was dependent on it, began to run. The confinement which the prisoner has undergone, therefore, is referrible to the prior sentence, and not to the succeeding one, which taking effect from the termination of the former, is yet in force.

Prisoner remanded.

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