Commonwealth v. Miller

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

The defendant, John Andrew Miller, was indicted and tried for the murder of William Shapiro. The jury found him guilty of murder of the first degree, and fixed the penalty at death. From the judgment and sentence entered on the verdict, Miller appeals. There are 89 assignments of error, all but six of which charge inadequacy, inaccuracy and unfairness in the charge of the learned trial judge.

The only assignments of error which need be considered are those which allege that the trial court did not adequately instruct the jury on the law of manslaughter and which…