Commonwealth v. Schuck

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The defendant, Arthur Grover Schuek, was indicted and tried before a jury for the' murder of Vincent J. Quigley in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the penalty was fixed at death. From the judgment of sentence and denial of a new trial, this appeal was filed.

We have examined the record, as required under the provisions of the Act of February 15, 1S70, P. L. 15, §2, 19 PS §1187, for the purpose of determining whether the essential ingredients of murder in the first degree affirmatively appear therein and we are…