Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Tauza

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1930No. Appeal, 217PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Tauza, tlie defendant, left his home in Wilkes-Barre about midnight of September 23, 1924, for the Borough of Luzerne, three miles distant, intending to there commit burglary. He carried a flashlight and a fully loaded revolver, with an additional supply of cartridges. Entry was forcibly made by him into three houses sometime after two in the morning, from each of which small sums of money were taken. While in the last residence, the driver of a milk wagon noticed the open window, and observed a pick and pair of oxford shoes, later identified as those of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. QuarantaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Commonwealth v. DorisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  3. Commonwealth v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  4. Commonwealth v. Del VaccioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RedlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Alvin R. Drew v. David N. Myers, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  3. Commonwealth v. StaffordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Commonwealth v. BurtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Downey v. WestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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