Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 390, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1920, No. 14, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Com. v. David Jones. Indictment for mnrder. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict of guilty of murder of the first degree on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 390, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1920, No. 14, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Com. v. David Jones. Indictment for mnrder. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict of guilty of murder of the first degree on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1-3) various rulings quoting the bill of exceptions; (4) the charge as a whole, quoting it, and (5) the sentence, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
David Jones was indicted in Lackawanna County for the murder of his wife, to whom he had been married for more than twenty years. On May 13, 1920, Mrs. Jones was living apart from her husband, the fifth separation from him within nine months. She was, on the morning of that day, aiding her sister, who lived opposite her former home; and, being observed by her husband, he armed himself, crossed the street, and demanded that she return with him. A refusal following, he seized her by the throat, pulling her down the stairs from the second to the first floor. There, a…
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