Commonwealth v. Shaffer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 462, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 283, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Indictment for murder. Before Bennett, J. At the trial it appeared that on October 28, 1894, a building occupied by a number of Hungarians was blown to atoms by dynamite' set off by an arrangement of wires leading from an electric battery, and four persons were killed.
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Appeal, No. 462, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 283, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Indictment for murder. Before Bennett, J. At the trial it appeared that on October 28, 1894, a building occupied by a number of Hungarians was blown to atoms by dynamite' set off by an arrangement of wires leading from an electric battery, and four persons were killed. The defendant made a confession in which he implicated Nelson Miller and himself as the leading principals who set the wires, placed the dynamite and discharged the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
None of the assignments of error can be sustained, and they present no question which requires discussion. The defendant was convicted on his confession of guilt made before his arrest, repeated and reduced to writing during his confinement, and twice sworn to by him in court. Before his statement was made to the district attorney, and before he testified in court, he was fully informed that he was not required to speak, and was distinctly notified that what he should say might be used to secure his conviction. Because of his denial at the trial of the truth of his…
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