Anderson v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment sentencing Henry R. Anderson to death pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder. The case has a number of unusual aspects and has presented troublesome problems.

The judgment appealed from was entered at a third trial, following two previous trials which had resulted in hung juries. At the first trial Anderson was represented by counsel; the defense was insanity; the jury was unanimous in belief of guilt but hung on the question of whether the punishment should be death or life imprisonment. At the second trial Anderson refused…