Dowd v. Harmon

229 Ind. 254 (1951)

96 N.E.2d 902

DOWD

v.

HARMON.

No. 28,606.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed March 1, 1951.

Rehearing denied April 4, 1951.

J. Emmett McManamon, Attorney General; Merl M. Wall, Charles F. O'Connor and Norman J. Beatty, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellant.

James C. Cooper, Public Defender, and John B. Dilworth, of LaPorte, for appellee.

JASPER, J.

Appellee filed his verified petition for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that he was being illegally held by appellant as Warden of the Indiana Hospital for Insane Criminals. Appellant, prior to filing his return and answer, filed a…