Commonwealth v. Sheeler

Brown, Jr., P. J.,

Defendant, Rudolph Sheeler, pleaded guilty to an indictment for murder on March 24,1939, before the. late President Judge Harry S. McDevitt, who called in two other judges, Francis Shunk Brown, Jr., and James C. Crumlish, to hear the plea with him, in accordance with Rule 43 of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County. On March 29, 1939, before the three judges, upon arraignment defendant again pleaded guilty, and evidence was presented both by the Commonwealth and defendant. After consideration, on March 31, 1939, the court unanimously adjudged him guilty of…