People v. Cellura

Leo Cellura was indicted jointly with Theodore Pizzino and Angelo Livecchi for the murder of William Cannon on July 3,1930. Pizzino and Livecchi were arrested, tried, and convicted on June 27, 1931. Cellura escaped from the scene of the crime, concealed himself, and remained a fugitive from justice for nearly six years, until June 28,1936, when he surrendered to the police. On June 4,1937, he was convicted by a jury of the crime of murder in the first degree, from which conviction he appeals.

For some years prior to the repeal of the prohibition laws, Leo Cellura had engaged in the…