Commonwealth v. Young

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

On November 16, 1962, Thomas Young, the appellant, was convicted by a jury in Philadelphia County *361of murder in the first degree and punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied by a majority of the court en banc. After sentence was imposed in accordance with the jury’s verdict, an appeal from the judgment was entered here.

The motion in arrest of judgment was not pressed at oral argument or in the printed brief. We will, therefore, limit our consideration and discussion to the motion for a new trial. It is…