Horne v. Bancroft
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for false imprisonment. Facts agreed. The plaintiff was committed to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, of which the- defendant was superintendent, July 12, 1879. He was brought there by his brother and one Haley, who, at the time of his commitment, gave to the defendant the following paper: “After due inquiry and personal examination of Charles E. Horne, of Wolfeborough, made within one week prior to date, we certify that he is insane and a fit subject for…
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Trespass, for false imprisonment. Facts agreed. The plaintiff was committed to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, of which the- defendant was superintendent, July 12, 1879. He was brought there by his brother and one Haley, who, at the time of his commitment, gave to the defendant the following paper: “After due inquiry and personal examination of Charles E. Horne, of Wolfeborough, made within one week prior to date, we certify that he is insane and a fit subject for treatment at the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. Edward S. Berry, M. D. Henry R. Parker, M. D. Dover, N. H., 12th…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
“ No person shall be committed to the asylum for the insane except by order of the court or the judge of probate, without the certificate of two reputable physicians that snch person is insane, given after a personal examination made within one week of the committal; and such certificate shall be accompanied by a certificate from a judge of the supreme court or court of probate, or mayor, or chairman of the selectmen, testifying to the genuineness of the signatures and the respectability of the signers.” G. L., c. 10, s. 18.
“ Those directions which are not of the essence of the thing to be…
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