Commonwealth v. Racco
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lawrence Co., June T., 1908, No. 1, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Rocco Racco. Indictment for murder. Before William E. Porter, J., specially presiding. At the trial and from the record it appeared that the prisoner was indicted for the murder of Seeley Houk, a game warden in Lawrence county.
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Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lawrence Co., June T., 1908, No. 1, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Rocco Racco. Indictment for murder. Before William E. Porter, J., specially presiding. At the trial and from the record it appeared that the prisoner was indicted for the murder of Seeley Houk, a game warden in Lawrence county. The prisoner took the stand on his own behalf and on cross-examination was asked whether he had not been convicted and sentenced for larceny, assault and battery, wounding, and obtaining money under false pretenses.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
We have discovered no reversible error in this record, and but two of the seven questions raised by the nineteen assignments call for any discussion. One of these is as to the right of the commonwealth to ask the prisoner on cross-*116examination whether he had not been previously convicted of various crimes. He was asked, under objection, whether he had not been convicted and sentenced to prison for larceny, assault and battery and wounding and for obtaining money under false pretenses. When he offered to testify in his own behalf his credibility as an intensely…
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