ENSIGN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Nos. 123, 124.

227 U.S. 592 (1913)

WILLIAM A. ENSIGN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. CHARLES A. ENSIGN v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Brooke, with whom Mr. Charles H. English was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W. Pitt Gifford, with whom Mr. J. Orin Wait and Mr. U.P. Rossiter were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

There are two writs of error, but a single record. The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie County, Pennsylvania, under an act of May 9, 1889 (P.L. 1889, Act 172, p. 145), "Relating to the receiving of deposits by insolvent bankers, etc., defining the offense, and providing a punishment therefor."

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