Commonwealth v. Schurtz

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

The defendant, who was employed upon a project of the Works Progress Administration, in Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, shot and killed his foreman, Edward C. Fisher, on April 21, 1939. Twelve days later, on May 3, 1939, he was brought to trial. His motions for change of venue and for a continuance were refused, and he was convicted of murder in the first degree with the penalty of death. The court below denied him a new trial, entered judgment on the verdict, and imposed sentence. In this appeal defendant assigns as error the refusal of his several…