Commonwealth v. Ferko
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 13, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Steve Ferko. Indictment for murder. Before Macfarlane, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 123, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 13, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Steve Ferko. Indictment for murder. Before Macfarlane, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, inter alia, were (3-7) portions of charge quoted in opinion of Supreme Court, quoting record. . .
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
A jury found the appellant guilty of murder of the first degree, and, on this appeal from the judgment which followed, his complaints are: (1) of the instructions to the jury, which he alleges amounted to a peremptory direction to render a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree or an acquittal; and (2) of the refusal of a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence.
It is said that at the threshold of his charge the trial judge charged: “When you were empaneled and after you had each taken your oath as to your duties, you were instructed that…
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