COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


88 Pa. D. & C. 235 (1953)

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Common Pleas Court of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Gardner, district attorney, for Commonwealth.

Joseph Serling and John E. Morgan, Jr., for defendant.


PINOLA, J., December 11, 1953.

William J. Johnson, who stands charged with murder in the courts of Wyoming County, was transferred to and is now detained in the Luzerne County Prison by virtue of an order of the courts of Wyoming County and the Department of Welfare.

William B. Healey, the warden, being of the opinion that Johnson is in such condition as to require hospitalization for mental disease, has presented a petition for the appointment of two qualified...

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