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COMMONWEALTH v. COOK

390 Pa. 516 (1957)

Commonwealth v. Cook, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Ceris, with him Edwin M. Wallover, for appellant.

Richard P. Steward, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, November 11, 1957:

In 1939 Paul James Cook committed a brutal triple murder, and was committed to the Farview State Hospital for the criminally insane. There he remained for some eighteen years. In September 1942 armed with wrenches, Cook and another patient attacked and assaulted the guards in an attempt to escape. On October 4, 1955 Cook and five other patients armed with shop weapons overcame the guards and escaped through a weakened...

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