In re Rothman

We issued our writ of habeas corpus and ancillary writ of certiorari to inquire into the cause and circumstances resulting in the detention and commitment of petitioner Olive A. Rothman, who is described in the record as a mentally-ill person.

The allegations of the undated petition of her husband, which was sworn to on July 9, 1951, are as follows :

“The patient assumes extreme chronic dislike for certain persons or for events that have happened for extended periods of time, Eg., she became extremely upset over the firing of MacArthur, waking her 12-year-old girl in the middle of the night and…