Commonwealth v. Ezell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 101, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T. Fayette Co., Dee. T., 1904, No. 2, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. James W. Ezell. Indictment for murder. Before Reppert, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on September 10,1904, William G. Porter, assistant yard master at Newell Station on the Pitts-burg and Lake Erie Railroad, was killed by James W. Ezell, night telegraph operator at the same station.
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Appeal, No. 101, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of 0. & T. Fayette Co., Dee. T., 1904, No. 2, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. James W. Ezell. Indictment for murder. Before Reppert, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on September 10,1904, William G. Porter, assistant yard master at Newell Station on the Pitts-burg and Lake Erie Railroad, was killed by James W. Ezell, night telegraph operator at the same station. Ezell had been discharged by Porter and shortly afterwards cut the latter’s throat with a razor. Verdict of guilty of murder…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Mitchell,
None of the assignments of error can be sustained, and they do not require extended discussion.
The deceased was the assistant yard master, and the prisoner the night telegraph operator at the same railroad station, and the killing took place in the office of that station, about 8:30 p. M. on Saturday.
The condition and conduct of the prisoner-on Friday night and the orders in regard to him which the deceased had received from his superior, the yard master, were part of the chain of circumstances leading up to the murder entirely proper for the information…
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