People ex rel. Brown v. McNeill

Eelator, an inmate of Matteawan State Hospital, has been granted a writ of habeas corpus upon which he seeks his release from Matteawan upon two grounds, first, that he is sane and, second, that section 412 of the Correction Law, pursuant to which section he was transferred to Matteawan State Hospital from the Harlem Valley State Hospital, is unconstitutional.

Eelator was committed to Matteawan on November 25, 1953 and he claims Ms confinement to he illegal since there is no criminal charge of any type pending against Mm. He further alleges that he is now and has been for a number of years…