Commonwealth v. Lenousky
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., April T., 1902, No. 102, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Peter Lenousky. Indictment for murder. Before Wheaton J. At the trial it appeared that on the night of February 11, 1902, Anthony Senik, a miner, was murdered in the Exeter mines. Peter Lenousky and Victor Zorambo were arrested for the killing, and each charged the other with the murder.
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Appeal, No. 48, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., April T., 1902, No. 102, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Peter Lenousky. Indictment for murder. Before Wheaton J. At the trial it appeared that on the night of February 11, 1902, Anthony Senik, a miner, was murdered in the Exeter mines. Peter Lenousky and Victor Zorambo were arrested for the killing, and each charged the other with the murder. The testimony tended to show that they combined to do the killing for the purpose of robbery. At the trial the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
At a preliminary hearing before a magistrate at which the prisoner was present, a witness was called by the district attorney and testified on behalf of the commonwealth in the language spoken and understood by the prisoner. Three weeks before the trial in the oyer and terminer this witness left the place where he had resided for several years, and a diligent search made by the court’s officers failed to disclose where he had gone. At the trial, under objection made by the prisoner’s counsel, the stenographic notes of the testimony of this witness, duly verified by…
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