Commonwealth v. Lawrence

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Andrew Lawrence, this appellant, with Joseph Trinkle and others, murdered John C. Emgable, vice-president of the Fred A. Havens Company, while he was taking the payroll from the bank to the office. We need not recite the facts, as they are in substance the same as those noted in Commonwealth v. Trinkle, 279 Pa. 564, and our examination of the present record shows all the elements of first degree murder. This defendant, by his confession, admitted participation in the crime, but seeks on this appeal to secure another trial because of alleged mistakes in the court…