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COMMONWEALTH v. DeMOSS

401 Pa. 395 (1960)

Commonwealth v. DeMoss, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 10, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert S. Oliensis, with him Donald J. Goldberg, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Second Assistant District Attorney, with him Domenick Vitullo, Assistant District Attorney, Paul M. Chalfin, First Assistant District Attorney, and Victor II. Blanc, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, October 10, 1960:

At approximately 10 a.m., July 4, 1955, a chambermaid discovered the dead body of Lulubel Rossman, a 76 year old widow, in her room in the Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia. Mrs. Rossman's death1 was caused by strangulation at the hands of some unknown person or persons who had bound her arms and legs with two-inch adhesive tape and had gagged her mouth. The appearance of the room...

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