State v. Theard

On August 11, 1936, the defendant, Delvaille H. Theard, was charged in a bill of information with embezzlement. Prior to trial, the defendant interposed a plea of present insanity and applied for the appointment of a lunacy commission to inquire into his sanity. The lunacy commission, after its appointment and after making investigation, reported that it was of the opinion that the defendant was insane. Shortly thereafter, a contradictory hearing was held, and the court adjudged the defendant insane and ordered him committed to an institution for the insane until further orders of the court.…