Commonwealth v. Bubna

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal of Mike Bubna from a conviction of murder in the first degree with the death penalty imposed. His sister, Mrs. Mildred Thomas, was at the same trial convicted of the same murder in the same degree, with life imprisonment imposed as punishment. The defendants did not demand separate trials.

Robert Fisher, aged 35 years, of Erie, Pa., was murdered on March 4,1946. Two days afterwards his body, covered with leaves and some dirt, was found in a little ravine near the Erie Golf Club. An empty .25 caliber automatic pistol was found nearby. Fisher’s…