Commonwealth v. Nazarko
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 441, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Stanley Nazarko. Indictment for murder. Before Lynch, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
An examination of this record will show that appellant had a fair trial in the court belovr and that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict which found him guilty of murder of the first degree. The assignments of error are without merit under the facts established by proof at the trial, except, perhaps, the third assignment which will be briefly considered. The learned trial judge was requested in a point submitted to charge the jury as follows: “If the jury believe that the defendant at the time of the killing did not know the consequences of his act…
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