Legal Opinion
McGarty v. O'Brien
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 8, 1951No. 50-84 M.CPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCARTHY, District Judge.
The Bristol County, Massachusetts Grand Jury returned an indictment on November 12, 1947, against Charles Mc-Garty, hereinafter sometimes called petitioner, for the murder of his niece. On motion, James Seligman, Esq., was assigned as counsel. The Clerk of the Superior Court gave notice to the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth under Mass.G.L. (Ter.Ed.) c. 123, § 100A, as amended by St.1941, c 194, § 11, known as the Briggs Law, to cause petitioner to be examined with respect to his mental condition. He was examined •by two psychiatrists, R. M. Chambers,…
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