Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September 29, 1936, Appeal, 193 (Commonwealth v. Westwood)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The appellant, James J. Westwood, was charged with

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the murder of his wife, Martha. After trial he was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

About 1: 45 A. M.,

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July 10, 1935, Bertha Westwood, a daughter, aged 19 years, heard shots in her mother’s bedroom located on the second floor of the Westwood home.