Commonwealth v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 296, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Northampton Co., April T., 1918, No. 76, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Robert M. Loomis. Indictment for murder. Before Stewart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 296, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Northampton Co., April T., 1918, No. 76, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. Robert M. Loomis. Indictment for murder. Before Stewart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were, inter alia, (3) overruling of objection to competency of Shrope, objected to on ground that he was mentally deficient, quoting ruling and exception but not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Simpson,
Bertha Myers was brutally killed at her home in the City of Easton, and defendant and Charles M. Shrope were separately indicted and tried for her murder. Defendant pleaded not guilty, but in this case was convicted of murder of the first degree. Shrope pleaded non vult contendere; the court below considering this as an equivalent of “convicted by confession” within the meaning of section 74 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, proceeded “by examination of witnesses to determine the degree of the crime” and found him guilty *441of murder of the first degree;…
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