Commonwealth v. Garanchoskie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 230, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from sentence of O. and T. Northumberland Co., May T., 1914, No. 3, certified from May Q. S., 1914, No. 15, on verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph GaranchosMe. Indictment for murder. Before Cummings, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment.
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Appeal, No. 230, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from sentence of O. and T. Northumberland Co., May T., 1914, No. 3, certified from May Q. S., 1914, No. 15, on verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph GaranchosMe. Indictment for murder. Before Cummings, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence and instruc-. tions to the jury referred to in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendant was tried for the murder of Frank Jaroskie, with whom he appears to have had quarrels prior to the alleged commission of the crime. Jaroskie was a frequent visitor at defendant’s home, and the latter suspected and accused him of improper intimacy with his wife. On the night preceding the homicide, defendant, on returning from work, had an altercation with his wife concerning the condition of the house, etc., whereupon the wife sent to a near-by saloon and called in her brothers. Jaroskie came tO' the house shortly afterwards and quarreled with defendant.…
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