Commonwealth v. Hays
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 31, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendant, from order of Oyer and Terminer, Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 3, dismissing petition for commission to inquire into the prisoner’s insanity, in case of Commonwealth v. Mark Thomas Hays. Indictment for murder. Petition for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the prisoner’s insanity. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Pub Curiam,
The appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree, a new trial was refused after argument in the court below, and thereafter a petition was filed asking the court to appoint a commission of three citzens to inquire into the sanity of the appellant. After full argument was had upon this petition it was refused and thereupon the present appeal was taken. The petition is not printed and we are not informed of its contents except in a general way. It is stated in the history of the case, “ that on October 3, 1899, a petition was filed setting forth the fact that it is believed…
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