# Brown v. Commonwealth

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · February 15, 1833 · 4 Rawle 259

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6314516

## Case

- **Full name:** BROWN alias POTTER against The COMMONWEALTH
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** February 15, 1833
- **Citations:** 4 Rawle 259
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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