COMMONWEALTH v. SHEELER


73 Pa. D. & C. 570 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Sheeler

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

October 2, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Tracey, assistant district attorney, for Commonwealth.

Louis B. Schwartz, for defendant.


BROWN, J.,R., P.J., October 2, 1950.

Defendant, Rudolph Sheeler, pleaded guilty to an indictment for murder on March 24, 1939, before the late President Judge Harry S. McDevitt, who called in two other judges, Francis Shunk Brown, Jr., and James C. Crumlish, to hear the plea with him, in accordance with Rule 43 of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County. On March 29, 1939, before the three judges, upon arraignment defendant again pleaded guilty, and...

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