Fehl v. State

On November 6, 1937, a notice of insanity was filed in the county court of Jackson county, charging that Earl H. Fehl was an insane man and unsafe to be at large. After Fehl was taken into custody, the county judge, being directly interested and thus disqualified, certified the record, pursuant to Sec. 13-504, O. C. L. A., to the circuit court for hearing and determination. After hearing, the circuit court found Fehl to be insane and entered an order committing him to the state hospital for the insane. Thereupon Fehl, through his then counsel, appealed to the supreme court from such order of…