Commonwealth v. Chickerella
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 115 and 116, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from sentence of O. & T., Cambria Co., June T., 1914, No. 12, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Thomas Chickerella, and Gasper. Marturana. Indictment for murder.
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Appeals, Nos. 115 and 116, Oct. T., 1915, by defendants, from sentence of O. & T., Cambria Co., June T., 1914, No. 12, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Thomas Chickerella, and Gasper. Marturana. Indictment for murder. Before Stephens, J. From the record it appeared that the Commonwealth offered evidence to show that the defendants with three confederates, had been seen together on the night of the murder, and that they had robbed certain persons along the railroad leading from Spangler to Cymbria Mines in Cambria County; that three…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Each of these appeals is from a judgment on a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. The prisoners were tried on an indictment against them jointly, and, when the Commonwealth closed, no testimony was offered on their behalf. The case was submitted without argument, and,- in his charge to the jury, the learned trial judge said: “You have listened to the testimony with patience and it has been very direct and been delivered with much detail so that all the facts developed in the case must be clear before your mind. There has been no dispute as to the facts; that is to say,…
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