People ex rel. Thaw v. Lamb
New York Supreme Court
Habeas corpus by the State, on relation of Mary C. Thaw, against Robert B. Lamb, as Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital, for the enlargement of Harry K. Thaw, an alleged insane person, from confinement at such hospital.
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
This is a proceeding by writ of habeas corpus to secure the discharge of Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan State Hospital,to which he was committed by Mr. Justice Dowling on the 1st day of February, 1908, upon the rendition of the verdict acquitting him, upon the ground of insanity, at his trial on an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree in having, on the 25th of June, 1906, killed Stanford White in the city and county of New York.
The history of the Thaw Case prior to this proceeding is notorious and need not be here recited. Its details may be found set forth…
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