Commonwealth v. Palma
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 298, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 18, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Palma. Indictment for murder. Before Edwards, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 298, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 18, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Palma. Indictment for murder. Before Edwards, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. 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 appearing by opinion of Supreme Court,
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendant appeals from a conviction of murder of the first degree. The questions raised by the assignments of error relate to the admissibility of evidence and to parts of the charge.
The first and second assignments complain of the action of the trial judge in the admission in evidence (and in referring to it in his charge) of a declaration of Sposito, the victim of the crime, made to his wife when leaving home about an hour previous to the time he met his death to the effect he intended to meet defendant and Frank Renda, the two being subsequently jointly…
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