Commonwealth v. Rush

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Bush, was convicted of the murder of Coghill, a policeman, the jury rendering a verdict of the first degree, and, from the sentence imposed, this appeal was taken. It appeared that the appellant, with another, had been observed in Dormont during the night of December 24, 1921, acting in a suspicious manner, which fact was reported to the borough officials. The defendant and his associate were arrested between three and four o’clock in the morning, and placed on the rear seat of a vehicle used as a patrol wagon, for removal to the police station. The deceased was…