Commonwealth v. Zorambo
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 321, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T., Luzerne Co., April T., 1902, No. 102, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Victor Zorambo. Indictment for murder. Before Lynch, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Error assigned was “ in admitting in evidence the stenographer’s notes of Lenousky’s statement in the magistrate’s office.”
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. .Justice Hortelano,
The appellant and Peter Lenousky were charged jointly with the murder of Anthony Sennick. Both are foreigners, speaking their own language and not understanding ours. They were arrested within a few hours from the commission of the crime and shortly afterwards given a hearing before a magistrate, who committed them for trial. At the hearing there was present, among other officers of the law, an assistant district attorney, with his stenographer and an interpreter. While in the magistrate’s office Lenousky said he wished to make a statement. He was immediately…
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