COMMONWEALTH v. WOODHOUSE


401 Pa. 242 (1960)

Commonwealth v. Woodhouse, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued May 3, 1960.

September 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael von Moschzisker, with him Paul Fetterolf, for appellant.

R. Lee Ziegler, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, September 26, 1960:

The defendant, Samuel Lawrence Woodhouse, Jr., shot and killed his sixteen year old adopted daughter, Elizabeth Love Woodhouse, who had suffered from Von Recklinghausen's disease from an early age. He was indicted and tried for her murder. The jury adjudged him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. From the conviction, he appeals.

The defendant was born October...

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