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COMMONWEALTH v. FISHER

189 Pa.Super. 8 (1959)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Fisher.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick O. Brubaker, District Attorney, with him Peter F. Cianci, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

C. Wilson Austin, with him Samuel R. Liever, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ. (WOODSIDE, J., absent).

OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., March 18, 1959:

On May 27, 1958 William H. Fisher was indicted on a charge of abortion, the alleged victim being one Barbara Ann Snyder. At the trial before the Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks County commencing September 15, 1958, Barbara Ann Snyder was called as a witness for the Commonwealth. Claiming the privilege against self-incrimination, she refused to testify. Thereupon, September 16, 1958, she was held in contempt and committed to...

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