Commonwealth v. Logan

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The jury found the defendant guilty of murder of the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was made; after hearing by the court in banc the motion was dismissed. The defendant was- sentenced and has appealed.

The first assignment of error is that “the evidence in this case does not support a verdict of murder in the first degree.” We have examined the record, as required by the Act of February 15, 1870, P. L. 15, section 2, 19 PS 1187, for the purpose of determining whether the ingredients of murder of the first degree…