Commonwealth v. Zappe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oot. T., 1892, by defendants, Angelo Zappe and Joseph Zappe, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 36, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Indictment for murder. At the trial, before Kennedy, P. J., the evidence tended to show that on July 4, 1892, Frank Helmstetter was stabbed by defendants, and died from the result of his wounds. The evidence also tended to show a deliberate intent to kill.
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Appeal, No. 29, Oot. T., 1892, by defendants, Angelo Zappe and Joseph Zappe, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 36, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Indictment for murder. At the trial, before Kennedy, P. J., the evidence tended to show that on July 4, 1892, Frank Helmstetter was stabbed by defendants, and died from the result of his wounds. The evidence also tended to show a deliberate intent to kill. The court charged in part as follows : “ [If you are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, that the killing was willful, deliberate and premeditated,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief J ustice Paxson,
The appellants were convicted in the court below of murder of the first degree. The first five specifications of error either do not conform to the rules of court or refer to matters not assignable as error. The sixtli and seventh specifications allege error in certain portions of the charge of the learned judge. The portions of the charge thus assigned as error are isolated sentences wrenched from their position and connection in the general charge. When read in their proper connection they are free from error.
The eighth, ninth and tenth specifications…
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