Commonwealth v. Turza

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

John Turza, appellant, was jointly indicted with one Luther “King Kong” Royston and one Clyde “Blue Top” White for the murder of Henry D. Foster. Separately tried, Turza was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The defense was an alibi.

Shortly before midnight, on December 3, 1938, Henry D. Foster, who had left his farm, a few miles from Connellsville, at about six o’clock that evening, in good health and with a wallet on his person containing at least seven twenty-dollar bills, was found lying insensible on Arch Street, in…