Commonwealth v. Bassi

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Defendant was convicted of murder of the first degree, committed while he with others were engaged in robbing the American Railway Express Co. of a box- containing cash, being transported by train from Ebensburg to Colver in Cambria County. A number of witnesses identified defendant as one of the two men who boarded the train and did the shooting which resulted in the death of one of the guards, and it is not contended that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. The only questions raised on this appeal relate to the competency of evidence offered by…