This motion for leave to prosecute an appeal as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel raises a serious threshold question as to the appealability of an order in a statutory special proceeding (Mental Hygiene Law, § 206). That statute authorizes a Justice of the Supreme Court or a Judge of the County Court to certify to the care and custody of the Narcotic Addiction Control...
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