People ex rel. Canizio v. Superintendent of Kings County Hospital

This writ of habeas corpus came before the court on October 28, 1957, to inquire into the detention of the relator, who was imprisoned in the psychopathic ward of Kings County Hospital. It appeared from the papers before the court and the facts developed at the hearing that the relator had violated the traffic laws of the City of New York and that five traffic charges were pending against him. He had failed to appear in response to the traffic summonses and as a result he was finally brought before a Presiding Magistrate who, after some inquiry, directed that the relator be sent to the Kings…