Brown v. Commonwealth

LATIMER, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. The petitioner, Julius Brown, a resident of New York City, was. convicted in magistrate’s court in Fayette County of a violation of the Narcotic Act. Pursuant to KRS 218.250 he was sentenced to twelve months in the Fayette County jail, and then probated to the United States Public Health Service Hospital or until discharged by the hospital’s medical officers as .no longer addicted to drugs.

Apparently petitioner had formerly entered the hospital about the first of March, 1951 as a voluntary patient, where he remained for approximately…