Commonwealth v. Dunn

Sloane, J.,

This petition is for the appointment by me of two qualified physicians or a commission (two qualified physicians and an attorney) to inquire into the mental condition of Sydney B. Dunn, now confined in the Philadelphia County Prison on the charge of aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill. The petition is subscribed and filed by his mother, Dora Dunn, under section 308 of The Mental Health Act of July 11, 1923, P. L. 998, as amended, 50 PS §48.

She says in it that she “believes and therefore avers that the said prisoner is in such condition as to make it necessary that he…