Commonwealth v. Chapler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Cambria Co., June T., 1909, No. 14, on verdict of guilty of murder of first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Joseph Chapler. Indictment for murder. Before O’Connor, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Cambria Co., June T., 1909, No. 14, on verdict of guilty of murder of first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Joseph Chapler. Indictment for murder. Before O’Connor, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The defendant presented these points: 1. Murder in the first degree is limited to willful, deliberate and premeditated killing, and the presumption from the use of a deadly weapon rises no higher than murder in the second degree. Answer: That may be true where the defendant submits and no testimony is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appellant stands convicted of murder in the first degree. If the verdict which so condemned him was the free expression of a conclusion reached by the jury upon *633review of the evidence in the case, upon proper instructions as to the law, the verdict ought not to be disturbed, lor unquestionably from the evidence the jury would have been fully warranted in reaching such conclusion; that is to say, they could have found in the evidence every ingredient necessary to conviction for the highest degree of guilt. If, on the other hand, however, the verdict was…
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