Commonwealth v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of O. & T. Chester Co., Oct. T., 1907, on verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree in case of Cohimonwealth v. Irwin A. Lewis. Indictment for murder. Before Hemphill, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was portion of charge quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court, and answers to various points.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The defense being insanity the learned judge below charged the jury that, “ If the prisoner although he labors under partial insanity, hallucination, or delusion, did understand the nature and character of his act, had a knowledge that it was wrong and criminal, and mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and he knew if he did the act he would do wrong and would receive punishment; and if, further, he had sufficient power of memory to recall the relation in which he stood to others, and others stood to him, and that the act in question was contrary to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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