Commonwealth v. Ross
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 44, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 23, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Joe Ross. Indictment for murder. Before Kline, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 44, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1918, No. 23, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Joe Ross. Indictment for murder. Before Kline, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings and instructions, discussed in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This appeal is by defendant from judgment upon conviction of murder of the first degree. Defendant and Luke Halipow, the deceased, resided in the same neighborhood in Pittsburgh, and, on the evening of October 2, 1918, they were out together and visited a saloon, where they drank some, and in the course of an argument the deceased struck or slapped defendant, and it became known that the latter had a knife, although he made no attempt to use it there. After leaving the saloon they had some slight altercation on the street and defendant went to his boarding house,…
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