State ex rel. Thompson v. Snell
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court March 17, 1908, for a writ of mandate requiring the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., to set for hearing a petition praying for the discharge from custody of a defendant acquitted of the charge of murder on the ground of insanity.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
On the 7th day of July, 1906, the relator, Chester Thompson, killed George Meade Emory in the city of Seattle, and by reason thereof was informed against in the superior court of King county for the crime of murder. A plea of not guilty was interposed, and the place of trial was changed to the superior court of Pierce county. The relator was tried in the latter court before the respondent as presiding judge, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. On the 3d day of May, 1907, the respondent entered an order reciting that the relator was then insane; that he had…
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