Commonwealth v. Ahearn

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Bell,

Defendant, while represented by three lawyers, pleaded guilty to the indictment charging him with murder. The Judge, sitting without a jury, found him guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were dismissed by the lower Court. From the judgment of sentence defendant took this appeal.

This was one of the most brutal, senseless murders ever committed. The details are so gruesome that we shall only outline them.

Defendant met the victim, Betty Sharkey, for the first…