Commonwealth v. Holt

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The appellant, Nancy Jeanette Holt, was indicted and tried for the murder of her husband by arsenical poisoning. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree and fixed the penalty at imprisonment for life; she was sentenced accordingly: Act of May 14, 1925, P. L. 759, 18 PS §2222. In compliance with the Act of February 15, 1872, P. L. 15, 19 PS §1186, we have reviewed both the law and the evidence and are of opinion that the ingredients necessary to constitute murder of the first degree were proved to exist:

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