COMMONWEALTH v. DONOUGH


377 Pa. 46 (1954)

Commonwealth v. Donough, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.E. Meyer, with him James R. Whitman and Meyer, Brubaker & Whitman, for appellant.

William H. Egli, District Attorney, with him G. Thomas Gates, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 25, 1954:

Defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to not less than 6 years nor more than 12 years imprisonment. He alleges numerous errors in the charge of the Court as well as errors pertaining to suicide. The only material facts concerning what took place at or about the time of the death of Mrs. Irene Carpenter Krochell came from the statements or a confession or testimony of defendant.

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