Christopher v. Henry

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Chapter 16, Section 216a-1 et seq., of Baldwin’s 1936 Revision of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes contains our statutory law with reference to “Charitable and Correctional Institutions.” In the main its various provisions were enacted by Chapter 16, page 81, of the regular session acts of our General Assembly in 1928, which, of course, superseded prior statutes covering the same subjects. Section 216aa-68 and immediately succeeding ones relate to “Inquests Concerning Insanity,” prescribing how and when and before whom such inquiries may be made, and…