Commonwealth v. Kalck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 285, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T., Philadelphia Co., Jan. S., 1911, No. 628, on verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree in case of Commonwealth v. Mary E. Kalck. Indictment for murder. Before Ralston, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned, among others, was in sentencing the prisoner to imprisonment for a period of not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years from the date of commitment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The murder was committed December 19, 1910. The indictment charged appellant with the commission of the crime. She was tried March 1, 1911, and was found guilty of murder of the second degree. A motion for a new trial was argued March 31, 1911, and was held under advisement until June 2, 1911, when it was overruled. On October 4, 1911, appellant was sentenced to undergo an imprisonment by separate or solitary confinement for a period of not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years in the Eastern Penitentiary. The Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1055, relating…
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