Commonwealth v. McMurray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., March T., 1900, No. 12, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. George W. McMurray, Jr. Indictment for murder. Before Me Clung, J. The circumstances of the killing are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 104, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., March T., 1900, No. 12, on verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. George W. McMurray, Jr. Indictment for murder. Before Me Clung, J. The circumstances of the killing are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial, G. S. Campbell, a witness for the commonwealth in rebuttal, testified under objection and exception that on the day of the killing and prior to the killing, the prisoner presented a check at the bank where the witness was employed, and at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mitchell,
Appellant at about five o’clock in the afternoon went to the house of Rudge, asked for him, and on his coming to the door, after a very brief conversation, without any altercation whatever, drew a revolver and shot him. These facts were not only proved by the commonwealth but testified to by the appellant himself on the witness stand. If anything can ever be said to be admitted at a trial these facts were admitted in this case.
The commonwealth then proved that appellant had been employed by a coal mining company but had not been working for several weeks on…
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