Matter of Application of O'Connor
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION originally made to the District Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The petitioner was, on the ninth day of June, 1915, hy the Honorable John J. Van Nostrand, a judge of the superior court in and for the city and county of San Francisco, committed, under and by virtue of the provisions of section 2185c of the Political Code (Stats. 1911, p. 396), to the Napa State Hospital for the cure and treatment of the insane.
The petitioner insists that the order of commitment under which he is held at the state hospital is void, for reasons to he hereafter noticed, and that, therefore, his confinement in said institution involves an unlawful restraint of his personal…
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