Commonwealth v. Duca

Opinion by

Me. Justice Maxey,

April 10, 1933:

This is an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Luzerne County on Peter M. Duca, who was convicted of the murder of Alex Campbell. The verdict was murder of the first degree and the penalty fixed was imprisonment for life.

At about 5:10 P. M. on February 28, 1928, Peter Beilly and Alex Campbell were driving a sedan eastwardly along Bailroad Street in the City of Pittston. Three men in another automobile (hereinafter referred to as the “murder car”) followed them, crowded their sedan to the curb, and fired a…