Legal Opinion
The People v. Niesman
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1934No. 22051. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice DeYoung
Oscar E. Hagemeier, Henry Zeifang and Henry Bruns, three residents of Montgomery county, filed a petition in the circuit court of that county for an inquiry into the mental condition of Joseph Niesman. After a hearing upon the petition, Niesman was adjudged a feeble-minded person and he was ordered committed to the State School and Colony at Lincoln. He prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.
The proceeding was instituted under the act to provide for the care and detention of feeble-minded persons, approved June 24,1915. (Cahill’s Stat. 1931, p. 270; Smith’s Stat. 1931, p.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Simon v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Hamilton v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- The People v. BrunerIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Lindsay v. LindsayIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by28 opinions
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