Commonwealth v. Keeler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Clearfield Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 16, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. John O. Keeler. Indictment for murder. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The jury found a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed.
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Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Clearfield Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 16, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. John O. Keeler. Indictment for murder. Before Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The jury found a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree upon which sentence of death was passed. Errors assigned were various rulings of the trial judge, and various instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Jumes Moschzisker,
On Saturday evening, September 14,1912, the defendant, John O. Keeler, sl ot and killed Joseph W. Roesner, at the latter’s brewery in Clearfield, Pa. The defendant had worked at the brewery about two years, but on September 13, 1912, after some dispute between Roesner and Keeler as to the latter’s compensation for overtime, the employment was terminated. It appears that Keeler had been dissatisfied with his treatment at the brewery for some time, and that he declared on several occasions shortly before the shooting, “they need a good cleaning up” and “when I…
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