Commonwealth v. White
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No 122, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lawrence Co., March T., 1921, No. 1, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Albert White, alias A. T. White. Indictment for wife murder. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, on which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No 122, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lawrence Co., March T., 1921, No. 1, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Albert White, alias A. T. White. Indictment for wife murder. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, on which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings sufficiently appearing by the opinion of the Supreme Court, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendant, a resident of the City of New Castle, appealed from a conviction of murder of the first degree, following the refusal of the court below to grant a new trial.
The first assignment of error complains of the court’s charge in referring to the testimony of three witnesses, called in support of the defense of an alibi, as follows: “It is your duty to take up the testimony of those witnesses, all that they have testified to, and give it careful and close scrutinizing.” Defendant contends the use of the word “scrutinizing,” under the particular circumstances…
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