Commonwealth v. Mellor

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,. Charles F. Mellor was found “guilty of murder of the first degree, with the penalty of death,” and sentenced accordingly; he has appealed. .

On March 23, 1928, about ten o’clock in the evening, one Harrison, the manager of the Cross Keys Theater, Philadelphia, left that establishment carrying a satchel containing the cash receipts of the day; he was accompanied by a policeman named Clark, who acted as his bodyguard. Almost immediately upon emerging from the theater, they were. confronted by defendant, with a pistol in his hand, who said, “Stick ’em…