Commonwealth v. Comporto
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 42, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Phila. Co., Nov. Sessions, 1909, No. 213, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Michael Comporto. Indictment for murder. Before Carr, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed.
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Appeal, No. 42, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Phila. Co., Nov. Sessions, 1909, No. 213, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Michael Comporto. Indictment for murder. Before Carr, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were in the following form: 1. That the learned court erred in overruling the objection of counsel for the defendant in the admission of the confession in evidence. 2. The learned court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potteb,
The appellant, Michael Comporto, was charged with the murder of James F. Quinn during the perpetration of a robbery. He was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced therefor. In this appeal his counsel allege in the first assignment of error, that the court below erred in admitting in evidence against their objection, a confession made by defendant. They contend that the confession does not show such knowledge of the criminal design as to make it inculpatory. But with this suggestion we cannot agree. Our examination of the confession, shows that…
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