Commonwealth v. Bentley

Opinion bt

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The defendant, Bentley, was indicted with three others, Doris, Curry and Juliana, for the killing on May 4, 1926, of Harry M. Cooper, a policeman, in the course of an attempted robbery. Separate trials were asked, and granted, and all were convicted of murder of the first degree. Each has appealed to this court from the sentence of death imposed, and different reasons have been assigned for setting aside the judgments rendered, which will be considered in turn. The four cases were argued together, and some of the complaints are common to two or more. Practically…