People v. Schmidt

This is an appeal from an order of the county court of La Salle County dismissing a motion in lieu of a petition for a writ of error coram nobis filed in a proceeding brought by the People under the Mental Health Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 91%, par. 1-1 et seq.

Appellant Isadore Schmidt was, on January 6, 1950, adjudged in need of mental treatment and committed to the Department of Public Welfare for confinement and treatment in Elgin State Hospital (Veteran’s Division) at Elgin, Illinois. On January 15, 1951, a petition for discharge, signed by appellant Estella M. Schmidt and one R. E.…