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COMMONWEALTH v. CAPPS

382 Pa. 72 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Capps, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Power, with him William F. Heefner, for appellant.

Donald W. VanArtsdalen, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, May 23, 1955:

George Capps, defendant-appellant, a married man aged twenty-two years, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, with penalty fixed at death, for the rape and killing of Marta Gibbons, a fifteen year old school girl, on the night of January 22, 1954, at an isolated location near Curtis Lake, Falls Township, Bucks County. The Commonwealth contends that the...

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