Commonwealth Ex Rel. Darcy v. Claudy

Opinion

Per Curiam,

David Darcy was indicted with three others for the unlawful killing of William Kelly on December 22, 1947. A jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at death. The Court of Oyer and Terminer of Bucks County, in which county the murder occurred and the, case was tried, affirmed the conviction.

Darcy appealed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and was represented at the argument by his trial lawyer and by two other, counsel. The principal ground urged for a new trial was that, for certain rear sons then presented, he had been denied due…