Commonwealth v. Stowers

Ezell Blackburn was shot and killed by appellant, Oren Stowers, at a tavern in Pittsburgh on April 4, 1948. Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, with the penalty fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. His trial was fair and adequate. The trial judge gave a comprehensive and accurate charge to which not a singleexception was taken. Upon motion for a new trial, the court in banc, consisting of the trial judge and two colleagues, reviewed the record, and, in an opinion filed, refused the motion for new trial. This appeal followed.

That defendant shot the…