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This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the superintendent of the State farm at Bridgewater by a person who has been committed for observation to the defective delinquent department of that institution under St. 1953, c. 645. That statute provides, so far as is here material, that where it has been judicially determined that a commitment to a defective delinquent department has been “procedurally improper” the person held under such commitment shall be newly committed for stated periods of observation. If found not to be mentally defective he shall be returned to the court for…