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Commonwealth v. HollingerCommonwealth v. Hollinger

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Feb 27, 1899
Appeal, No. 16
Reporters:
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Before:
Dean

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

A careful examination of the record in this case discloses nothing that ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍would warrant us in sustaining any of the assignments of error. The opinion of the learned president judge of the court below, on the motion for a new ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍trial, unanswerably meets every question raised by this appeal. The main question, that is, the measure of evidence necessary to establish insanity as an excuse for crime, and the ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍effect of such evidence when not sufficient to acquit, is also fully discussed in Commonwealth v. Wireback, ante, p. 138, appeal from oyer and terminer of Lancaster, argued January ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍30,1899, opinion handed down this day, so that nothing further need be said on the subject.

The judgment is affirmed, and it is directed that the record be remitted ‍​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‍to the court below that the sentence may be carried into execution according to law.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Hollinger
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Feb 27, 1899
Citations: 42 A. 548; 190 Pa. 155; 1899 Pa. LEXIS 999; Appeal, No. 16
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 16
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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