Commonwealth v. Lisowski
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1921, No. 1081, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Henry K. Lisowski. Indictment for murder. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1921, No. 1081, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Henry K. Lisowski. Indictment for murder. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Appellant avers in his printed argument that the statements of the four-year-old child commented on in the opinion of the Supreme Court, “were made at the place of the affray about…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
Defendant has been convicted of the murder of his wife by assaulting her, for a period of forty minutes, with his hands and feet; as a result of which her body was covered with bruises, and, from the effects of the blows received, death followed. It appeared that Lisowski had been drinking heavily, commencing in the early morning. With the deceased, he visited friends later in the day, continuing to use intoxicants. When they returned towards evening, he asked her for the key to the closet where liquor was kept, as well as for certain funds in her possession. The…
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