OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 17, 1964:
The defendant, William Alfred Jenkins, after indictment and trial was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. The sentence was fixed at life imprisonment. Following the denial of a new trial and imposition of sentence, an appeal to this Court followed.
An examination of the record discloses prejudicial error, which requires the grant of a new trial.
The grandmother of the defendant was called...
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