Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 33, on verdicts of murder of the first degree and murder of the second degree in case of Commonwealth v. Robert Henry Brown. Indictment for murder of Wm. J. Elford and Chas. L. Edinger. Before Swearingen, J. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree as to Wm. J. Elford and of murder of the second degree as to Charles L. Edinger. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 33, on verdicts of murder of the first degree and murder of the second degree in case of Commonwealth v. Robert Henry Brown. Indictment for murder of Wm. J. Elford and Chas. L. Edinger. Before Swearingen, J. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree as to Wm. J. Elford and of murder of the second degree as to Charles L. Edinger. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and instructions set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
On the night of June 5, 1917, defendant entered the yestibule of the liquor store of William L. Elford, in the City of Pittsburgh. He was discovered by William J. Elford, son of the owner, who notified the police, and while he and two policemen, including one Edinger, were attempting to force their way into the entry two shots were fired from the inside, one of which, according to the theory of the Commonwealth, struck officer Edinger and the other young Elford, both of whom died later' from their injuries. Defendant escaped from the doorway and in passing out by…
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