Montgomery County Law Reporter, 1888, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Montgomery County Law Reporter, 1888, Vol. 3The first section of the act of May 14, 1874, P. L. 160, was not intended for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the insanity of a prisoner under sentence of death in order to stay the execution of his sentence, but solely to enable the court to remove an i111] sane prisoner to an asylum for treatment, which was not the prayer of the petition in t is case.The court having no jurisdiction to stay the execution of a death sentence, the appeal should be made to the Governor, who has the power to appoint a commission to inquire into the facts and to act upon their report.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.