Shapley v. Cohoon
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Habeas Corpus. Petition of Sarah Chandler Shapley against Elisha Cohoon.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
Upon the entry of the petition in this case a rule was issued that the respondent show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued as prayed for. The respondent has filed a return, in which it is stated that the petitioner was under date of October 21, 1915, adjudged to be an insane person and duly committed to the Westborough State Hospital by a justice of the police court of Newton, in the county of Middlesex, as an insane person, two physicians having certified that the said Sarah Chandler Shap-ley was in their opinion insane and a proper subject for…
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