People ex rel. Ryan v. Murphy

This is an appeal from an order of the Clinton County Court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus issued on behalf of relator. On December 11, 1924, Edward Ryan was sentenced to Elmira Reformatory for the crime of assault, second degree. While confined at Elmira Reformatory the prisoner was examined by a physician attached to that institution and was found to be a mental defectivé and a certificate was executed declaring said prisoner to be a mental defective and ordering his transfer from Elmira Reformatory to the Institution for Male Defective Delinquents at Napanoch and remained in the…