Commonwealth v. Paskings

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

Early in the morning of October 24, 1964, the home of Luther and Mary Eoberts in Chester, Pennsylvania, caught fire, resulting in the deaths of four of their seven children. Appellant was arrested and later indicted for arson and murder. A trial on both indictments commenced June 15,1965. As the close of the Commonwealth’s case, hppellant entered pleas of guilty, whereupon a court en banc returned a verdict of first degree murder and sentenced her on June 28, 1965, to an indeterminate term in the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy. Sentence on arson was…