Commonwealth v. Haines
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T., Jefferson Co., April T., 1916, No. 4, on verdict of murder of tbe first degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ernest Haines. Indictment for murder. Before Corbet, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 57, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T., Jefferson Co., April T., 1916, No. 4, on verdict of murder of tbe first degree, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ernest Haines. Indictment for murder. Before Corbet, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in permitting Henry Ward Mot-torn to be called as a witness on behalf of the Commonwealth, in overruling objections to the admission in evidence of the testimony of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
William S. Haines, a farmer, resided on his farm in Oliver Township, Jefferson County, in a house located near the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad. His family consisted of himself, his wife, his son Ernest, and his daughter Floy. He left his home shortly after twelve o’clock, noon, Wednesday, March 22, 1916, and walked west on the track of the railroad in the direction of the village of Sprankle Mills, which is about one mile distant and consists of a schoolhouse, two stores, a blacksmith shop, a gas pump station, and a half dozen dwelling houses. The…
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