COMMONWEALTH v. LOWRY


374 Pa. 594 (1953)

Commonwealth v. Lowry, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Back, with him Back & Levy, for appellant.

Willard S. Curtin, District Attorney, with him Donald W. VanArtsdalen, First Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, June 26, 1953:

Was the defendant, the driver of the alleged get-away car, properly convicted of first degree murder?

On the evening of May 19, 1950, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Chapasco and Pearson went to the Safe Food Market in Bristol Township for the purpose of committing a robbery, lurked behind a building, and being discovered, seized the owner and two employees of the market, lined them up along the wall of the building...

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