Fisher v. Fraser

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus wherein the petitioner seeks a writ directing his release from confinement in the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory.

The events and proceedings resulting in petitioner’s conviction and sentence are not in dispute but should be briefly stated before reference is made to his petition and the single ground on which he relies as requiring his release from the institution in which he is now confined.

Petitioner was adjudged insane by the probate court of Shawnee county on the 27th day of February,…