Commonwealth v. Principatti
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Beaver Go., March Sessions, 1917, No. 3, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Dominic Principatti. Indictment for murder. Before Corbett, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. The defendant was sentenced to be electrocuted. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Beaver Go., March Sessions, 1917, No. 3, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Dominic Principatti. Indictment for murder. Before Corbett, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree. The defendant was sentenced to be electrocuted. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence and instructions to the jury. The trial judge erred in excluding evidence of the defendant concerning threats…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The defendant, Dominic Principatti, appeals from a judgment sentencing him to be electrocuted for committing murder of the first degree.
The evidence presents, inter alia, the following facts: Principatti and the deceased, one Tony Amodeo, had, for about eight months, lived in the same boarding house; on Sunday evening, February 18, 1917, the defendant and several others were assembled in the dining room of this abode, when, a little after seven o’clock, Amodeo walked in and remarked to one Joe Spitaro, “I want to say something to you,” at the same time…
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