Commonwealth v. Moon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Moon, 264 Pa. 63 (Pa. 1919)
107 A. 389; 1919 Pa. LEXIS 593
Brown, Moscitzisker, Simpson, Stewart, Walling
Commonwealth v. Moon
Opinion of the Court
The first and second assignments complain of the admission of testimony. It was offered and properly received to show malice, hatred and ill will on the part of the prisoner toward the victim of Ms wrath. The remaining assignments, complaining of portions of the charge and answers to points, are utterly without merit, and it remains only to say that the judgment is affirmed, with direction that the record be remitted for the purpose of execution.
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- Criminal law — Murder—Evidence—Threats—Malice. On the trial of an indictment for murder, it is not error to admit evidence that defendant employed as a miner by the deceased, and on a strike, threatened shortly before th^ killing to “fix the clock” of the deceased, and made threats against the deceased and other men who were working in the mine. Such evidence is proper to show malice, hatred and ill will on the part of the defendant towards his victim.