Commonwealth v. Zec
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 72, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Beaver Co., June Sessions, 1917, No. 9, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Lazar Zee. Indictment for murder. Before Corbet, J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The verdict was as follows: “Guilty of murder in the first degree, hut recommend the mercy of the court.” The court subsequently imposed sentence of death.
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Appeal, No. 72, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from sentence of O. & T. Beaver Co., June Sessions, 1917, No. 9, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Lazar Zee. Indictment for murder. Before Corbet, J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The verdict was as follows: “Guilty of murder in the first degree, hut recommend the mercy of the court.” The court subsequently imposed sentence of death. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in imposing sentence of death, in refusing a new trial, in refusing a continuance, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This appeal by defendant, Lazar Zee, is from judgment upon conviction of murder of the first degree. He and *254Novak Zinaic, the deceased, were fellow-countrymen, and, on the evening of October 28, 1916, met with other acquaintances at the house where defendant boarded in Woodlawn, Beaver County. There was drinking, in which the deceased and defendant joined; the latter, however, says he knew what he was doing. During the evening, angry words passed between them, and the deceased spoke of the defendant as “a pig,” to them a deeply offensive epithet. About 11…
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