COMMONWEALTH v. CANNON


386 Pa. 62 (1956)

Commonwealth v. Cannon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter T. McGough, with him Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellant.

William Claney Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, June 25, 1956:

Defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree "with life imprisonment". Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied and after judgment was entered this appeal followed.

The Commonwealth proved that defendant went to Stanley's Grill at about six o'clock on the evening of April 13, 1949, where he remained for several hours drinking beer and occasionally whiskey. At about 9:30 that evening he got...

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