In Re Noble

This is an application to this court for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Robert Noble, Jr., was arrested and had a hearing under the provisions of section 64-216, Idaho Code Annotated, as an inebriate. This statute, among other things, provides for the arrest of one accused of having become so far addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants as to have lost the power of self-control, or is subject to dipsomania or inebriety, and for hearing upon the accusation before the court, and that if after hearing the judge believes the charge to be true, he must order the accused…