Boyle's Lunacy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1902, by Central Poor District of Luzerne County, from order of Q. S. Luzerne County, June T., 1901, No. 395, making absolute rule to certify settlement of a lunatic, In re Lunacy of John Boyle.
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Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1902, by Central Poor District of Luzerne County, from order of Q. S. Luzerne County, June T., 1901, No. 395, making absolute rule to certify settlement of a lunatic, In re Lunacy of John Boyle. Rule to show cause why the central poor district of Luzerne county shall not be certified as the place of legal settlement of John Boyle, a lunatic, and why said poor district shall not reimburse the county of Luzerne for all lawful costs, charges and expenditures on behalf of the said lunatic, etc. Halsey, J., filed the following opinion: The counsel representing the county…
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Smith, J.,
By the Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 589, a person charged with any crime or misdemeanor, and acquitted on the ground of insanity, was to be “ kept in strict custody, in such place, and in such manner, as to the court shall seem fit, at the expense of the county in which the trial was had ; ” and the place to which he ivas chargeable, under the poor laws, was, “ after notice of his detention as aforesaid,” made “ liable for all costs and expenses as aforesaid.”
The Act of April 14, 1845, P. L. 440, establishing a state *4hospital for the insane, directed the committal thereto…
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