Commonwealth v. Almeida

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree, with the death penalty. The crime’s locale was Philadelphia; its victim, Cecil Ingling, a forty-two year old patrolman off duty. On January 30,1947, David Almeida, Edward Hough and James Smith imbibed freely of liquor at a Philadelphia taproom, and in another taproom at 22nd and Fitzwater Streets Smith gave a .45 automatic type revolver to Hough and “a large pistol” to Almeida. Hough had a smaller pistol. Carrying out a “hold-up” plan they then went to a garage, pointed their pistols…