Case Name: Jackson against The Commonwealth
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1809-07-15
Citations: 2 Binn. 79
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jackson against The Commonwealth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Binney)
Volume: 2
Pages: 79–79

Head Matter:
Jackson against The Commonwealth.
Sunbury, Saturday, July 15.
IN ERROR.
THE plaintiff in error was convicted of adultery in the Quarter Sessions of Luzerne, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars, be imprisoned at hard labour three months, and pay the costs.
Judgment in a notTeversetlin part,
Evans for the plaintiff in error
said the judgment was manifestly erroneous, because the punishment by law for adultery was a fine, and simple imprisonment. 3 St. Laws 115, sec. 7.
Hall
for the Commonwealth answered that a judgment might be affirmed in part, and reversed in part. 2 Bac. Abr. 501. Error M. The sentence was good as to the fine.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Let the whole judgment be reversed.
Judgment reversed..