Commonwealth v. Thomas

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed upon the appellant, Lawyer Thomas, following his conviction of murder in the second degree by a judge sitting without a jury.

Five principal errors are alleged to have occurred during the trial proceedings below which assertedly either require an arrest of judgment or a new trial. After studying the assignments of error with the trial record, we are convinced the judgment should be affirmed.

It is first urged that the trial court erred in refusing to sustain a demurrer to the Commonwealth’s trial evidence…