Commonwealth v. Marion
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. Sess., 1909, No. 80, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. George L. Marion. Indictment for murder. Before Lynch, P. J. On August 20, 1909, George L. Marion, the defendant, shot and killed his common-law wife, Francis Lee, in an office in the city hall, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 88, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. Sess., 1909, No. 80, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Commonwealth v. George L. Marion. Indictment for murder. Before Lynch, P. J. On August 20, 1909, George L. Marion, the defendant, shot and killed his common-law wife, Francis Lee, in an office in the city hall, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. At the trial Harry Brown testified as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted on the charge of having committed a willful, deliberate and premeditated murder. The defense was insanity, which evidently did not impress the jury. There are thirty assignments of error, many of them without merit, and only a few need be considered to properly dispose of the case. The first assignment raises the question as to the right of *418the prosecuting officer to peremptorily challenge a juror under the following circumstances. When the juror was called, the district attorney proceeded to examine him on his voir dire,…
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