Frank X. Mooney, a deputy with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, was shot by Charles L. Hoard as he attempted to serve a writ to dispossess Hoard of his furniture on May 2, 1923. Mooney died of his wounds on May 19, 1923.
At trial, Hoard claimed that he acted in self-defense, believing that Mooney was attempting to steal his furniture.
Hoard was convicted of second-degree murder on December 13, 1923.
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Author: Bill Lofquist
I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.
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