Commonwealth v. McCloskey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 324, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 19, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Gilbert Mc-Closkey. Indictment for murder. Before Baldrige, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 324, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 19, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Gilbert Mc-Closkey. Indictment for murder. Before Baldrige, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings and instructions sufficiently appearing by the opinion of the Supreme Court, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
Defendant was charged with the killing of William Niehaus, a resident of the City of Altoona, on August 3, 1921. George Lafferty and Edward Yon joined with the appellant, McCloskey, in a plan to rob a storekeeper; having secured arms, they went to his place of business about midnight of that day, intending a hold-up. The selected person could not be found, and the deceased, who was returning to his home, was attacked instead; from a shot received, he died shortly after. All three of the alleged robbers were indicted; Lafferty and Yon were granted separate trials.…
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