Commonwealth v. Kent

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from conviction of murder of the first degree with sentence of life imprisonment. All the elements of first degree murder appear. The appellant com plains that (1) the Commonwealth’s demurrer to his plea of. former jeopardy was sustained; (2) his demurrer 1 to the Commonwealth’s evidence was overruled; (3) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict and (4) that his motion for a new trial was refused.

1. This was the second trial, the jury, in the first trial, having been discharged without reaching a verdict. In support of his plea of…