Commonwealth v. Myma

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Jobn F. Myma, tbe appellant, was convicted of murder of the first degree; tbe record shows all tbe essential ingredients of that crime. Wolf Glou was found lying in a pool of blood behind a counter in. bis jewelry store in Scranton, unconscious and dying. An iron bar covered with blood, used in inflicting tbe mortal wound, lay on the floor near him, as also bis keys and empty pocket*507book. The safe and the store were ransacked. He died within a few hours after being removed to a hospital.

Myma, shortly after completing a third term of imprisonment at the Huntingdon…