People ex rel. Sapp v. McNeill

There is here before the court, a writ of habeas corpus for release of an inmate of Matteawan State Hospital. A hearing was held and the relator given opportunity to present such proofs as he desired to submit.

It appears that the relator herein, John Sapp, was committed to Matteawan by an order of transfer from Kings Park State Hospital pursuant to the provisions of section 872 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He had been arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court of the City of New York on May 23, 1951, on a charge of robbery, and thereupon was committed to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital for…