Commonwealth v. Hine
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from order of O. & T. Phila. Co., Sept. T\, 1903, No. 734, refusing a new trial in case of Commonwealth v. Louis O. Hine. Rule for a new trial after verdict of murder in the first degree.
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Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from order of O. & T. Phila. Co., Sept. T\, 1903, No. 734, refusing a new trial in case of Commonwealth v. Louis O. Hine. Rule for a new trial after verdict of murder in the first degree. Audenbied, J., filed an opinion which was in part as follows: The second reason advanced for a new trial is the allegation that the assistant to the district attorney who tried the case, by representing to defendant’s counsel his willingness to accept a plea of guilty of murder of the second degree, induced him to go to trial without having made proper…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The single assignment of error is that the court below abused its discretion in refusing a new trial. There is nothing in the case that justifies such a charge or that even requires discussion.
*100The judgment is affirmed and the record remitted that the sentence may be executed in accordance with law.
Per Curiam,
October 80, 1905 :
Rule for new trial under Act of April 22, 1903, P. L. 245, refused.
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