Commonwealth v. Phelps

The exceptions in this case were taken during a trial which resulted in the defendant being convicted of murder in the first degree.

The circumstances were as follows. Previous to June 11, 1910, the defendant had been employed by the Ramage Paper Company at Monroe Bridge. On coming to work on that day, between five and six o’clock in the afternoon, he found some one else in his place. Thereupon he went into the office of the company and found there one Sibley and one McIntyre. Penman, the superintendent of the Paper Company, soon after came into the office. Penman’s story was that he told the…