People Ex Rel. Forsythe v. Nierstheimer

Clyde Forsythe, an inmate of the psychiatric division of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard, filed herein his original petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was ordered to issue and the respondent, pursuant to the order of this court, filed his return and, súbsequently, by leave of court filed a second motion to quash the writ and dismiss the petition. Relator filed an answer and a motion to dismiss and deny respondent’s motion, and the cause is here upon the record thus made.

At the January, 1931, term of the circuit court of Vermilion county, the petitioner, Clyde Forsythe,…