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KNIGHTON v. OVERHOLSER

No. 8713.

145 F.2d 860 (1944)

KNIGHTON v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin B. Brown, of Washington, D. C. (appointed by District Court) for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court, entered after a full hearing, which discharged appellant's writ of habeas corpus and remanded him to the custody of appellee, the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. The court found that appellant is of unsound mind and dangerous. The finding is not attacked. But appellant is under indictment for an assault, and his counsel suggests that his confinement, without a criminal trial, in a ward...

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