Commonwealth v. Aston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lancaster Co., April Sessions, 1909, No. 21, on verdict of guilty of murder of the ■first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Walter W. Aston. Indictment for murder.
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Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Lancaster Co., April Sessions, 1909, No. 21, on verdict of guilty of murder of the ■first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Walter W. Aston. Indictment for murder. Before Hasslek, J. At the trial it appeared that the prisoners, Walter W. Aston, Benjamin Aston and Paul Fornwalt were indicted for the murder of Alfred Hallman on January 31, 1909. The evidence showed that the killing occurred while the prisoners were engaged in a burglary. The defendant presented the following point: 10. In Pennsylvania, the crime of murder is distinguished…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
February 14, 1910:
All of the questions raised by the assignments of error were fully considered and disposed of by the learned trial judge in an opinion filed when the motion for a new trial was refused. Little, if anything, can be added to what the court below has *110so well stated in a comprehensive review of the facts and the law as presented at the trial. It is not necessary to discuss the several assignments of error because they are without substantial merit under the facts of the case and the law applicable-thereto, as is clearly demonstrated in the opinion of…
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