Coffey v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice.

Charlie Coffey was convicted of the wilful murder of Herbert Stogsdill and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the judgment entered, insisting upon a reversal for the following reasons: (1) That the court erred in admitting in evidence a photograph of the deceased; (2) that the testimony of appellant’s wife was given under compulsion; (3) that the court should have instructed that appellant abandoned the difficulty; and (4) that the Commonwealth persisted in asking prejudicial questions after the court had ruled them not to be competent.

The evidence disclosed that…