Commonwealth ex rel. Ross v. Maroney

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from an Order denying a petition by relator for a writ of habeas corpus which attacked the validity of the judgment and sentence imposed upon him.

A jury trying relator for the killing of Mrs. Boston returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree with sentence of death. After denial of his motion for a new trial, relator appealed the judgment to this Court. The facts and the applicable law were carefully and very thoroughly reviewed in Common*88wealth, v. Ross, 413 Pa. 35, 195 A. 2d 81. Tlie facts may be briefly summarized as follows:

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