Commonwealth v. Wireback

Citations

• 192 Pa. 150
• 44 A. 1102
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 891

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law—Lunacy—Act of May 8, 1883, P. L. 21—Mandamus.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will not by mandamus order the judges of the court of oyer and terminer to issue a commission in lunacy to examine as to the mental condition of a prisoner convicted of murder in the first degree and awaiting sentence of death.</p>