Commonwealth v. Minnich
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, October T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T' Beaver Co., December Sessions, 1913, No. 3, on verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mike Minnich. Indictment for murder. Before Holt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree. The court refused defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 17, October T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T' Beaver Co., December Sessions, 1913, No. 3, on verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mike Minnich. Indictment for murder. Before Holt, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree. The court refused defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various assignments of error referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant, Mike Minnich, was jointly indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Beaver County with one Harry Green, for the murder of Mary Pupek Stoica. In the indictment Green was charged as principal and Minnich as accessory before the fact. A severance was granted and Green was first tried, his trial resulting in a verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree, returned 22d December, 1913. Four days later, on 26th December, 1913, the trial of Minnich was entered upon, and on the 30th December a verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree was…
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