Commonwealth v. Weston

Opinion by

jMa. Justice Sadlek,

The defendant, William Weston, found guilty of murder of the first degree, with punishment fixed at death, complains that error was committed in his trial and asks that , the judgment entered be reversed. The assignments of error relate principally to statements made by the trial judge in his charge to the jury, and the failure'to answer certain points presented.

The facts surrounding the homicide are practically undisputed, and nearly all are to be found in three separate confessions, admittedly made by defendant, and his own testimony when called as a witness on…