Forester v. Camp

C. C. Church made affidavit that W. J. Suttles was a lunatic and had no guardian, and that the public safety required that he should be no longer left at large. Pursuant to the law in such cases, the ordinary of the county issued the usual commission of inquiry, and the commissioners so appointed, after an examination and inspection of Suttles and after having heard evidence, found that he was a fit subject for the State Sanitarium; and the ordinary, in accordance with the findings, ordered that Suttles be committed to the State Sanitarium. Suttles was then taken in charge by the sheriff of…