Jaquith v. Beckwith

248 Miss. 491 (1963)

157 So.2d 403

JAQUITH

v.

BECKWITH

No. 42939.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1963.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

E.H. Cunningham, Jr., Jackson; Lott & Sanders, Greenwood, for the appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves an order of a circuit court before trial transferring a defendant indicted for murder to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield for a psychiatric examination. It was attacked by a habeas corpus proceeding brought by the accused, Byron De La Beckwith, against Dr. W.L. Jaquith, director of the hospital, where the…