State ex rel. Thompson v. Snell

Chester Thompson was tried upon a charge of murder for the killing of George Meade Emory. A verdict of “not guilty on the ground of insanity” was returned. Before any judgment was entered upon this verdict, the relator, Maurice Thompson, brother of Chester, filed in the superior court a complaint as follows (omitting formal parts) :

“Maurice Thompson, being duly sworn, on oath says, there is in said county an insane person, whose name is Chester Thompson, who, by reason of insanity, is unsafe to be at large (or is suffering under mental derangement), and affiant therefore asks that said person…