In re Sneddon
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. In Bane. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a proceeding to have one Charles Sneddon committed for insanity. The abstract.of record before us discloses that, on the petition of Ellen Sneddon in the County Court -of Coos County, Charles Sneddon was brought before that court, and with the assistance of two practicing physicians was examined and adjudged insane by that court and ordered conveyed to the Oregon State Hospital at Salem.
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From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. In Bane. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a proceeding to have one Charles Sneddon committed for insanity. The abstract.of record before us discloses that, on the petition of Ellen Sneddon in the County Court -of Coos County, Charles Sneddon was brought before that court, and with the assistance of two practicing physicians was examined and adjudged insane by that court and ordered conveyed to the Oregon State Hospital at Salem. Sneddon appealed to the Circuit Court, where a motion to dismiss his appeal was overruled. A jury trial was had January 20,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
There are 11 assignments of error set forth in the abstract, which may be reduced to three heads: (1) That there was no appeal from the adjudication of in*588sanity made by the County Court, and hence the Circuit Court erred in not dismissing the appeal for want of jurisdiction; (2) that it was error to grant a trial by jury; and (3) that the court erred in making the order of February 11, 1914, denying the motion to set. aside the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the Circuit Court. It is not specified that the court erred in making the order discharging Sneddon from custody on January 20,…
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