COMMONWEALTH v. THOMPSON


367 Pa. 102 (1951)

Commonwealth v. Thompson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Glasso and Zeno Fritz, for appellant.

Samuel Strauss, Assistant District Attorney, with him William S. Rahauser, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE LADNER, March 19, 1951:

This is an appeal by the defendant from a conviction of murder in the first degree with death penalty and sentence imposed thereon.

Sometime between 7 and 8 p.m. on September 13, 1949, the defendant entered a drinking place at number 20 Townsend Street, Pittsburgh, known as the Barbary Coast Club. With a 45 calibre Colt revolver he shot Aaron Daniels through the left arm. Daniels had been talking to the bartender...

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