Commonwealth v. March
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 335, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T\ Del. Co-., March Sess., 1914, No. 123, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. George H. March. Indictment for murder. Before Johnson, P. J. The grand jury for the December Sessions of 1913 found an indictment against the defendant charging him with murder.
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Appeal, No. 335, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T\ Del. Co-., March Sess., 1914, No. 123, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. George H. March. Indictment for murder. Before Johnson, P. J. The grand jury for the December Sessions of 1913 found an indictment against the defendant charging him with murder. When the defendant was called for trial on December 18, 1913, defendant’s counsel made motions to quash the indictment and for a continuance, upon the ground that the sheriff had failed to make proper returns with his venire of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This record is barren of a single fact which might be deemed to be' an extenuating circumstance in favor of the defendant who was convicted of the killing. The murder was wilful, deliberate and premeditated. It was not only premeditated but the methods employed in the commission of the crime were barbarous and brutal. All of the ingredients of murder of the first degree are present in this case. Back of the crime there were both motive and malice — the perpetration of a *438robbery and the jealousy of a low animal nature. The evidence against appellant was overwhelming…
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