Commonwealth v. Negri

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

Charles Negri, the appellant, after trial was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. The penalty was fixed at life imprisonment. Following the denial of post trial motions and imposition of sentence, an appeal to this Court was filed.

The facts established by the evidence may be fairly briefed as follows:

On November 11, 1961, Negri and one James Lenahan escaped from Leesburg Prison Farm in New Jer sey, where they were under penal confinement. They traveled to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rented an apartment under fictitious names and went…