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COMMONWEALTH v. ZIETZ

364 Pa. 294 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Zietz, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Coe Farrier, with him I. Louis Rubin, for appellant.

Willard S. Curtin, District Attorney, with him Donald W. Van Artsdalen, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, March 20, 1950:

A jury found the appellant, Harry Zietz, guilty of murder in the first degree and imposed the death penalty. A description of the events leading up to the crime is set forth at length in the opinion of this Court in Commonwealth v. Darcy, 362 Pa. 259, 66 A.2d 663. Briefly stated, these are the facts: At about 11:25 P.M. on December 22, 1947, Zietz, with two...

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