Commonwealth v. Woodley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oet. T., 1895, by Albert W. Woodley, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., June T., 1894, No. 18, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for murder.
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Appeal, No. 29, Oet. T., 1895, by Albert W. Woodley, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., June T., 1894, No. 18, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for murder. Before Slagle, J. The court charged in part as follows : “ Has the commonwealth, by its testimony, established that the crime has been committed by the prisoner at the bar; and if so, then what is the crime committed? There was no third person present at the time that this fatal shot was fired, so far as the commonwealth has shown. They have shown that on the morning of the 9th day of May, 1894, the defendant came to the house of Mr.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree. The testimony and his admissions leave no doubt of his guilt. The killing and the motive which prompted it were clearly established. The only grounds of defence were insanity and intoxication. There was no evidence of either which would have justified a verdict in his favor, or a finding reducing the degree below that of which he was convicted. He had a full, fair and impartial trial.
The first eight assignments of error relate to the parts of the charge in which the testimony was referred to and its bearing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. GeradeAllegheny County Court of Oyer and Terminer · 1891
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