Commonwealth v. Ryhal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaefer,

Appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree for causing the death of Clara Belle Lennox.

The salient facts in the case are these: The dead girl, fourteen years of age, living with her parents in the City of New Castle, left her home about 11 o’clock on the morning of July 14, 1921, for the purpose of doing some shopping. The defendant, a married man, who had no personal acquaintance with her, accosted her on the street, gained her confidence by talking about her father, whom he claimed to know, and invited her to ride in his automobile, saying he would…