Commonwealth v. Diaco
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 334, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 262, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Domenico Diaco. Indictment for murder. Before Johnson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon, which the court passed sentence of death. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 334, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 262, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Domenico Diaco. Indictment for murder. Before Johnson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon, which the court passed sentence of death. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were as stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Appellant was indicted for the murder of Vincenzo Lucia, was tried, convicted of murder of the first degree, and sentenced to death. He appeals to this court, and assigns but one error relating to the taking of the testimony, viz: “The court erred in having an interpreter who could not thoroughly understand the dialect of the defendant and express himself properly in English.” It appears from the record that the interpreter referred to was the one regularly used in the court, and that he and another, then present, disagreed regarding the true interpretation of…
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