Commonwealth v. Keller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 414, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1898, No. 24, on a trial 'of indictment for murder. Indictment for murder. Before Edwards, J. At the trial it appeared that on July 31,1898, the prisoner killed Peters Meyers by shooting him with a pistol. There was evidence that there had been a previous quarrel between the men, and that they had made threats against each other.
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Appeal, No. 414, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1898, No. 24, on a trial 'of indictment for murder. Indictment for murder. Before Edwards, J. At the trial it appeared that on July 31,1898, the prisoner killed Peters Meyers by shooting him with a pistol. There was evidence that there had been a previous quarrel between the men, and that they had made threats against each other. Some of the threats made by the deceased had been communicated to the prisoner, and some had not. After the commonwealth had called sixteen witnesses to the occurrence…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The defendant, in support of the allegation that he had acted in self-defense, was allowed at the trial without objection .to offer proof of threats made by the deceased. Some of these threats had been made in the presence of the defendant, and heard by him; others had been made in his absence and had not been communicated to him. In three of the assignments it is alleged as error that the court failed to call the attention of the jury to the effect that should be given to uncommunicated threats, and that in this respect the charge was inadequate and misleading. In…
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