McNaron v. State

The defendant was indicted on a charge of assault to murder his wife. When the cause was first called for trial, on April 3,1923, an inquisition was regularly had as to the sanity of the defendant at that time, and upon a verdict of a jury before whom the issue was tried, the court entered an order committing the defendant to the hospital for the insane until such time as he should regain his sanity and then to be returned to the proper authorities for trial on the indictment. According to the record before us, this inquisition was held in full compliance with section 4575 of the Code of 1923…