In re Beebe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The petitioner alleges that he is illegally restrained of his liberty by the superintendent of the state asylum for the dangerous insane; that on May 16 he was acquitted in the district court of Wyandotte county on the charge of murder in the first degree, the verdict being, “We the jury find the defendant not guilty on the ground that he was insane at the time he shot deceased, Edith Beebe;” that after the return of the verdict the petitioner filed a written application in the district court for an inquiry as to his mental condition, which…