Commonwealth v. Filer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 62, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T., Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 62, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. H. E. Filer. Indictment for murder. Before McConnell, J. Prom the record it appeared that: On the night of August 28th, 1914, Jacob K. Blank, an automobile hackman, left the Standard Garage, Greens-burg, with one passenger, at about 10 o;clock p. m.
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Appeal, No. 62, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T., Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 62, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. H. E. Filer. Indictment for murder. Before McConnell, J. Prom the record it appeared that: On the night of August 28th, 1914, Jacob K. Blank, an automobile hackman, left the Standard Garage, Greens-burg, with one passenger, at about 10 o;clock p. m. He was found later badly injured and beaten on the head, apparently with a blunt instrument, at about 4 o’clock a. in., August 29tk, by two…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
In this case there are ten assignments of error and not one of them in proper form. This shows carelessness in preparation or disregard for what has been repeatedly stated by courts of review in considering the proper practice as to the form of assigning errors. No exception was taken to what the trial judge said in affirming de*176fendant’s second point, and the court below could not know, nor can we here, just what was complained about. The point was affirmed with general observations as to the burden of proof in murder cases. The second assignment is without merit…
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