Matter of Lambert
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. R. Clark, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
—The petitioner alleges that he is illegally confined in the Napa state hospital and restrained of his liberty by A. M. Gardner, the superintendent thereof, and seeks his discharge. In his return to the writ issued upon the petition, the respondent shows that he holds the petitioner in custody by virtue of an order of commitment issued by the Hon. A. J. Buckles, judge of the superior court for the county of Solano, on November 9,1899, committing said Lambert to the Napa state hospital as an insane person, and a proper subject for custody and-treatment in an institution for the insane; and…
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