Montour County v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Montour Co., Jan. Sessions, 1910, No. 5, in case of Montour County v. Directors of the Poor of Danville & Mahoning Poor District.
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Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Montour Co., Jan. Sessions, 1910, No. 5, in case of Montour County v. Directors of the Poor of Danville & Mahoning Poor District. Proceedings to compel Danville and Mahoning Poor District to reimburse Montour county for the expenses incurred in supporting William Silcox, a criminal lunatic, in a state hospital for the insane from April-15, 1899, to January 26, 1912. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court made the following order: 1. And now, April 8, 1911, rule absolute, and it is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
William Silcox, being in jail, under sentence, was duly committed by the court of quarter sessions to the state hospital for the insane at Danville, at the expense of the county of Montour, pursuant to the report of a duly appointed commission of three persons that he was of un*277sound mind and unfit for penal discipline, and that his insanity was of such a character as to make him dangerous to others. The regularity of the commitment and the proceeding leading up to it is conceded; therefore, they need not be described in further detail. The date of the commitment was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clearfield County v. Cameron Tp. Poor D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Commonwealth v. BurtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Boyle's LunacySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902