Commonwealth v. Zietz

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

A jury found the appellant, Harry Zietz, guilty of murder in the first degree and imposed the death penalty. A description of the events leading up to the crime is set forth at length in the opinion of this Court in Com*296monwealth v. Darcy, 362 Pa. 259, 66 A. 2d 663. Briefly stated, these are the facts: At about 11:25 P.M. on December 22, 1917, Zietz, with two confederates, Darcy and Poster, entered a tavern in the village of Feasterville, Bucks County; a fourth companion, Capone, remained outside in a parked automobile. The guests in the tavern were robbed at…