Commonwealth v. Ieradi
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 175 and 176, Jan. T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of O. & T. Warren Co., March T., 1906, No. 1, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree in eases of Commonwealth v. Frank Ieradi and Commonwealth v. Petro Notaro. Before Broto, Mestbezat, Potteb, Elkin and Stewart, JJ. Reversed. Indictment for murder. Before Lindsey, P. J. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. Error assigned was instructions quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
Immediately after calling the attention of the jury to the deep interest of the appellants in the issue as affecting their credibility, the court said : “ and where there is a conflict of testimony it is your duty to reconcile the evidence if you can, with the presumption that each man is telling the truth. But if you cannot, and if there is such a conflict of the evidence, and the evidence leads you to believe that one of the witnesses has sworn falsely and you arrive at the conclusion that he has, then such witness is not to be believed in any respect, and you…
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