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COMMONWEALTH v. THOMPSON

389 Pa. 382 (1957)

Commonwealth v. Thompson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin E. Conflenti, with him Ezra C. Stiles, Jr., for appellant.

Samuel Strauss, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, June 6, 1957:

The defendant, having been found guilty of murder in the first degree with the death penalty affixed and having been sentenced to death, appeals from the refusal of the Court below to grant him a new trial.

Wallace Russell died as a result of wounds received in a shooting which took place on September 13, 1949 in a drinking place known as the Barbary Coast Club in Pittsburgh. The defendant, charged with...

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