In Re Conmy

By this proceeding the above-named petitioner seeks his discharge on habeas corpus from the Napa State Hospital to which he had been committed on a charge of excessive use of intoxicating liquors to such an extent that he had lost the power of self-control. Based upon the provisions of section 2185c of the Political Code, the petitioner, on the 19th day of February, 1937, was committed to the in stitution just named for a period of six months as a person coming within the provisions of this section.

The chief contention of the petitioner upon the hearing of this matter was, and in the brief…