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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

368 Pa. 139 (1951)

Commonwealth v. Johnson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued January 2, 1951.

June 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Lester Haws, with him Robert Wayne Honeyman, for appellant.

Bernard E. DiJoseph, with him Roger B. Reynolds, Assistant District Attorneys and J. Stroud Weber, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, June 27, 1951:

James Morris Johnson, tried by a jury, was found guilty of murder in the first degree with penalty of death. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he now appeals from the judgment and sentence imposed upon the verdict.

A Reading Railroad passenger train travelling from Allentown to Philadelphia was derailed on the night of May 9, 1948 near Valley Forge Station...

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