Commonwealth v. Holley

Opinion by

Me. Justice Patteeson,

Grant Holley was indicted and tried for the murder of one Ella Wiggins in the City of Philadelphia. A jury in Court No. 1 returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the death penalty. This appeal is from the judgment of the court below dismissing appellant’s motion for a new trial and imposing the sentence of death.

Grant Holley, appellant, came to Philadelphia from North Carolina sometime prior to July 5, 1946. Shortly after midnight on July 5,1946, appellant entered a taproom on the northwest corner of 21st and Norris Streets for the…