COMMONWEALTH v. McCARTER


385 Pa. 236 (1956)

Commonwealth v. McCarter, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Sykes, with him John E. Aikman, for appellant.

William J. McKnight, District Attorney, with him George H. Kurtz, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 21, 1956:

The tragedy upon which the criminal prosecution in this case is based began with romance. In 1929 the defendant, Robert E. McCarter, then age 19, became enamored of his high school teacher. He paid her rapt attention until graduation, courted her for three years after he had left school halls behind him, and then in 1933 took her to New York where he married her in the storied Little Church Around the Corner. Somewhat...

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