The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-12-23
A sensrkao,s Case.

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gadicsaI districi, attracted graz deal 0f al
tsutiou On account O. Is anusral character.
The ezse xzz Gre Of the cSnmonzszltk
" John q. SeiseEs. yoong a-nzr Of som
erses sornsai2- The Ezrts addaces On tie
.rizi -ere Substantially 2s folioEs-
o- TIE md day Ct Aprl lsei, John 4
Seibe7t took out severzl policss q insnr-
znee II The Continental FIre Ins5znoe CON-
pany q Sew York. protecting his home,
barn and contents Of hzrn against loss by
hre. ~ the night Of the 9Th dsy Of SeP-
tember tie barn snz is confs1ts usre de-
I slrcyed by FIRE O. the z21h day o. Sspsem-
I heF the I0ss Vas adjusted. and upon Seibsrt ;
swearing 70 zn6 sisizing rs sigzztare 10 The
schsiuIe of loss. he wzs givsa d-zh for
81 .slss7, having zsresd % a rsd1c;ioa Of
one per cent in czss the czsh vas Pzid-
On the s,h Of September Seibs-t sQpea1ea
before N sgezt q the Farmers Uni0n A.
s0cieiion and Fire Insurance Company Of
Sonerss1 county AID made sfsidax.f Of loss-
TIE ssjGs.e Of this company visited the
sceae of the fire ard appraised the loss A
sez 6sys following Sesl.srt appeared before
the Bard Of Directors OF sid oompsny,
s1d zbea pl=cea under oath, stated that %
had insurance. OF the property destroyed II
/ another comrany-
"a the = dag of o-t0ber Ssibsrt diszP-
pszrss. afeT having drawn so 0ut Of bank
o. tie Ielh day of October the stSteassns,
O he Continental FI-e Ias1rznos Company
3 o. NsE YORK. went before Esquire Csseoes-
and mzse insornzti0a against J0hn q Sei-
ber1. zlleging tazs sid Se55ert had Obsained
( by Eaise pIessnss, poiicy Of i1surzrce from
his conPAny upoa as harl and certain per
sonzi property. by rsprssaEing that there
Vas 10 o;bs- insaraaoe on sid property.
and II Ike manner obtained drzf On The
Confidential FI-e Insurance Company for
sl-zlSs7, zfer portion Of the properly had
beea Destroyed BY Ere. Ebsn lie vel knew
that be had other policiss CT insarzace oOv-
sring the sane p-o2euy-
Or the Ialh dzy of N0Fsmbe- The dste1d-
ant resarned home, saying that he had
ooue h0--e 70 die, and that he WO1ld
die IN 65ur seeks-7
Tie asfeuse - up three different theories
- Tat 10 oseace Vas committed, mas
nuah zs the property had beea dziroyed,
and tie company Eas justly iade5;ed 70 the
deEsndaat.
ID Iha. TIE company scied without due
caution, inzSmach Is they failed 70 avail
thsnselgss Of the % S-ys 81 forth in the
policy IN which % make payment
Il Thaf defendant vas insane 81 tine =
settlement q loss and ins1ne 81 time Of trial
Txen;y-th1se Eitzezzes ;esufisd 70 the a.
sound condition q The defen5znss mind
before zad sinos TIE ans Of TIE are and
sounsel arzlei thai the mere f.es Of he
6efe1dan; having inzn-ed bis properly IN
t-o co-peaie- Eas sufficient syidsnoe o. bis
insanity.
Th- commonwealth ozllsd a numbs- Of
witnesses in rebuttal, who tsstded that they
had trznsa1ied b1sinezz rlsh tie dsisndant,
subsegaen1 70 the f-s. and had never deiect-
ed eFideaoe Of insanity
TIE Court instructed The Jury that they
co1ld bring IL one of three ve7di7e- 81
Guilty II mznner snd form as indicted -
N0t guilsy bit insane Al tine of settlement
Of claim Sd Not guilty but insane Al tine
q i-izl
The my E-sstled ior three k5urs. and
then came fuIo couu Eith the following yer
dict- G-ilty IN nsnnsr and form s. in
6lc-ed bui insane g tine Of frizl- The
Ca.rt looked Il The verdict and uuz5e fbe
foiiOEing order The CJur; directs the form
Of the vsr5ics, % uszs0a q fnding insanity
a; tine Of trisl- to be recorded aS nos guilty
besass insane ~ tine Of rsal'
When the clerk rad fhe verdict, IS
ameDdsd b he Court, there Ezs 3 general
hum Of sarprise al over the c0Eu room.
jurors sbook thar hra5s. and one Ct them
eznei OH that's uUt or verdict
The dessadzni's f.fhsr catered bail IN the
saa OF slaa, f5r H. appez-zloe Tuesday
moving
Tazsiay noruing- II = lengthy opinion,
Judge Bzer he'd thar a luuaiic cannot Be
conric.ei OF q c-imiaal oEsose. ard dirsc.-
ed Ia the defendant Be gwen into the CTS
tody Of his fztasr. 8ho sho1ld give bond il
the znonni Of s5o, for his safe keeping
lie ilizl Of ihe clse consumed three days
ard Il ras followed with The closest siien-
tor b a lsrge number of people District
Attorney CoIbo-n Ezs zssis-ed IN the p'ose-
eaiiou by Mesrz- CcEr0th 4 RupEe4- and
TIE defease Vas cond1cted By Neszn-
Eooniz HGlbert and Thl