People ex rel. Beldstein v. Thayer

Fowler, J.:

The relator seeks the release of George Beldstein, an inmate of the above institution, under a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The said George Beldstein was held under a criminal charge in Erie county in 1918; a doubt existing as to his sanity proceedings were taken and he was found insane, and committed to Matteawan State Hospital, there to be kept and detained until he became sane, upon which happening he was to be returned to the sheriff of Erie county for trial.

Later, and in 1922, upon a finding by the State commission for mental defectives, he was sent to the above…