Jacobs v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 121 Pa. 586
• 15 A. 465
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 693

Syllabus

<p>Where on the trial of an indictment for murder, it is not set up that the defendant was insane at the time of the homicide, evidence as to his temperament and disposition, the condition of his mind and its characteristics as to excitability, and that there were “controlling influences which at times rendered him incapable of deliberating and premeditating,” is inadmissible.</p>