Commonwealth v. Delfino
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. Sessions, 1916, No. 1, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dominick Delfino. Indictment for murder. Before Moser, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree on which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Lackawanna Co., Oct. Sessions, 1916, No. 1, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dominick Delfino. Indictment for murder. Before Moser, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree on which sentence of death was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assignedamong others, were various rulings on evidence, alleged improper remarks by the district attorney and the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an appeal by defendant from the judgment on conviction of murder of the first degree.
On the evening of April 25, 1916, Daimetro Morobito was shot and killed at the subway where Wayne street passes under the tracks of the Delaware and' Hudson Railroad, in Archbald? Laekawannst County. The assassin apparently stepped from behind an abutment and fired two shots, one taking effect in Morobito’s breast and the other in his neck. He made an outcry and ran back along the street a short distance where he fell and was carried into a barber shop, and later to a…
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