People ex rel. Conklin v. Webster

Relator is in custody at the Dannemora State Hospital as an insane person, committed on January 28, 1937, by the then County Judge of Clinton County. He appeals from an order made by the Judge of the same court, dated January 25, 1943, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus issued to inquire into the cause of his detention. He was convicted in 1932 of an attempt to commit burglary, imprisoned in a State prison until January, 1937, when he was committed to the State hospital under section 384 of the Correction Law. Prom the return herein it appears that on eleven previous occasions relator…