Commonwealth v. Valsalka
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., April T., 1896, No. 133, on verdict of guilty of murder in tlie first decree. Indictment for murder. Before Bennett, J. Verdict of murder in the first degree.
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Appeal, No. 100, T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., April T., 1896, No. 133, on verdict of guilty of murder in tlie first decree. Indictment for murder. Before Bennett, J. Verdict of murder in the first degree. On a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial Bennett, J., filed the following opinion: We will consider in their order the several reasons filed in support of this motion, — the first four being directed to the alleged illegality of the indictment. 1. It is claimed that there was no legal indictment because the persons who found it were selected by…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Cubiam,
We are clearly of opinion that all the assignments of error are entirely without merit. They were all considered by the learned judge of the court below in his opinion on the motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment. That opinion is a most exhaustive and elaborate treatment of all the subjects involved in the -present contention, and we are well satisfied with its reasoning and conclusions. We do not think it necessary to repeat them and we, therefore, affirm the judgment for the reasons stated in the opinion.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed, and it is ordered…
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