Commonwealth v. Valeroso
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 320, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Valeroso. Indictment for murder. Before Fuller, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 274, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Luzerne Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 320, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, in case of Commonwealth v. Frank Valeroso. Indictment for murder. Before Fuller, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree, upon which sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were (11, 12) rulings on evidence as shown by the opinion of the Supreme Court, quoting the bill of exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaeeee,
Defendant appeals from a judgment of sentence to death, resulting from a verdict against him of guilty of murder of the first degree for the felonious killing of Felix Nowak.
The circumstances of the crime were most cruel and atrocious. It is charged the accused, having shot the deceased, inflicting fatal wounds, to conceal his crime, set fire to the house in which his victim was living, and Nowak, his wife and three children were consumed in the fire.
Valeroso and Nowak, with their respective families, occupied the same house, the latter being the owner. He had…
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