Commonwealth v. Russogulo
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 83, 84, 85 and 86, Oct. T., 1918, by defendants, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., June Sessions, 1917, No. 12, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles Russogulo, Joseph Russogulo, Jack Guastaferra and Angelo Guastaferra. Indictment for murder. Before Brown, J. At the trial Charles Russogulo, Joseph Russogulo and Jack Guastaferra, were convicted of murder of the first degree; Angelo Guastaferra was convicted of murder of the second degree.
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Appeals, Nos. 83, 84, 85 and 86, Oct. T., 1918, by defendants, from judgment of O. & T. Allegheny Co., June Sessions, 1917, No. 12, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Charles Russogulo, Joseph Russogulo, Jack Guastaferra and Angelo Guastaferra. Indictment for murder. Before Brown, J. At the trial Charles Russogulo, Joseph Russogulo and Jack Guastaferra, were convicted of murder of the first degree; Angelo Guastaferra was convicted of murder of the second degree. Judgments of sentences were passed. Errors assigned were as follows, the request for an exception, as quoted in the 3d…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr.
Justice Moschzisker,
Charles Kussogulo, Joseph Russogulo, Jack Guastaferra and Angelo Guastaferra were tried together for unlawfully slaying one John Cappa, in the City of Pittsburgh, on May 2, 1917. The first three defendants were found guilty of murder of the first degree, while the last escaped with a conviction of second degree; all of them appeal from sentences on these verdicts. The assignments of error are ulike, and the four cases will be disposed of as one.
After carefully reading the 389 pages of printed testimony, we agree with the court below that the verdicts are…
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