Commonwealth v. Crow

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

The defendant, Carl Crow, together with Frank Cantilla and Frank Powell, were jointly indicted, but, on their election, separately tried for the murder of Louis Hoffman. Each was convicted of murder of the* first degree and as to each the jury fixed the death penalty, and from sentences imposed by the court each defendant lias brought an appeal. We will first consider the appeal of the defendant, Carl Crow. The deceased’s father, George Hoffman, resided on a farm in Adams Township, Cambria County, about eleven miles from Johnstown, upon which in 1927 and 1928…