Commonwealth v. Moon

383 Pa. 18 (1955)

Commonwealth

v.

Moon, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 23, 1955.

October 4, 1955.

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

Thomas A. Waggoner, Jr., with him Edward Dumbauld, and E.H. Beshlin, for appellant.

Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, with him David S. Kohn, Special Prosecutor and Harrington Adams, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, October 4, 1955:

The pivotal and important question presented by this appeal is whether The Mental Health Act of 1951 changed the common law test…