Howser v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the 'Court of Oyer and Terminer of Cambria county. John B. Howser and Daniel Busser were indicted for the murder of Polly Paul: the prisoners were tried December 9th 1865, Judge Taylor presiding. December 16th they were convicted of murder in the first degree, and same day sentenced to he hanged. The deceased was an aged unmarried woman who resided generally alone: at the time of her death a young girl named Cassy Munday lived with her.
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Error, to the 'Court of Oyer and Terminer of Cambria county. John B. Howser and Daniel Busser were indicted for the murder of Polly Paul: the prisoners were tried December 9th 1865, Judge Taylor presiding. December 16th they were convicted of murder in the first degree, and same day sentenced to he hanged. The deceased was an aged unmarried woman who resided generally alone: at the time of her death a young girl named Cassy Munday lived with her. They were last seen alive June 7th 1865, and next day they were found murdered — Miss Paul in the stable and Miss Munday in the orchard. Two men…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
— Polly Paul, an elderly maiden lady, who was reputed to possess money, and Cassy Munday, a young girl who lived with her, were both cruelly murdered on the evening of the 7th June 1865, in Summerhill township, Cambria county. The plaintiffs in error were defendants below,in an indictment which charged only the murder of Miss Paul, and after a full and careful trial were both convicted of murder in the first degree. The evidence was circumstantial. A great number of independent and connected facts were proved, and were so placed before…
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