Commonwealth v. Gerade
Allegheny County Court of Oyer and Terminer
No. 13 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 19 June Term 1890, O. and T. On June 20,1890, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment, based upon the return of a coroner’s inquest, charging Frank Gerade with the murder of Annie Hofer.
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No. 13 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 19 June Term 1890, O. and T. On June 20,1890, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment, based upon the return of a coroner’s inquest, charging Frank Gerade with the murder of Annie Hofer. On September 25, 1890, the prisoner was arraigned, and pleaded; whereupon it was shown, in substance, that on the morning of March 15, 1890, William Gerade, a brother of the defendant, living a square or more distant, was awakened by the defendant’s wife, in her bare feet and night-dress, who said “ Come, come! Blood, blood! ” The sleeves and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Steeeett :
As stated in appellant’s history of the case, “ the defence upon which his counsel chiefly relied was insanity.” In view of that fact, several points for charge, bearing more or less directly on the subject, were submitted. One of these is “ that under the plea of not guilty, the defendant has a right to show, by way of defence, the insanity of the defendant at the time of the killing, and that the jury must pass upon the question of the defendant’s sanity or insanity, and if they find him insane at the time of the killing, acquit him by reason of insanity.” This…
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