Commonwealth v. Clark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL by dependant prom the court op oyer and TERMINER OP GREENE COUNTY. No. 194 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 June Term 1888, O. and T. On January 6, 1888, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging George Clark, Frank Clark, Sr.,' and Zach. Taylor, with the murder of Wm.
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APPEAL by dependant prom the court op oyer and TERMINER OP GREENE COUNTY. No. 194 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 June Term 1888, O. and T. On January 6, 1888, tbe grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging George Clark, Frank Clark, Sr.,' and Zach. Taylor, with the murder of Wm. McCausland on September 10, 1887. On April 3,1888, a severance was had and the trial of George Clark was ordered, resulting in a verdict of guilty, on April 14, 1888. The judgment oh the verdict was affirmed on writ of error to this court, on February 11,1889. See Commonwealth v. Clark,…
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Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
The defendant was tried in the court below for the murder of William McCausland. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree. If guilty at all, there can be no doubt'as to the degree, as it was conceded the murder was perpetrated in the commission of a robbery.
The first specification is not properly assigned, and we might dismiss it without more. The answer to the question is not given, nor is the testimony printed, to enable us to judge whether the answer did the defendant any harm. As, however, the case involves the life of a human being, we…
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