Commonwealth v. Major
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 263, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Crawford Co., Nov. T., 1899, No. 42, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Major. Indictment for murder. Before Thomas, P. J. At the trial it appeared that Daniel McGrath, chief of police of Titusville, was shot on November 11, 1899, and died from his wound on November 15, 1899. The circumstances of the killing are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 263, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Crawford Co., Nov. T., 1899, No. 42, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Major. Indictment for murder. Before Thomas, P. J. At the trial it appeared that Daniel McGrath, chief of police of Titusville, was shot on November 11, 1899, and died from his wound on November 15, 1899. The circumstances of the killing are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. When C. C. Fritz, a witness for the commonwealth, was on the stand, he was asked this question: “ Q. I wish you to state…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
The appellant, Frank Major, together with one Frank Woodward, was charged with the murder of Daniel McGrath at the house of Bertha Bloom, on East Spring street, Titusville, Pa., in the early morning of November 11,1899. Two days before, on November 9, the two men above mentioned, together with a third, whose name is unknown, came to Titusville in company, and remained almost continuously together until the commission of the crime. It appeared that about 3 o’clock in the morning of November 11, the passenger station of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg…
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