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O'BEIRNE v. OVERHOLSER

No. 8-60.

180 F.Supp. 572 (1960)

Herbert T. O'BEIRNE, Petitioner, v. Winfred OVERHOLSER, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Respondent.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 29, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie B. Downing, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a writ of habeas corpus against the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the mentally ill, the petitioner being a patient therein and claiming that he is entitled to be released.

It appears from the files of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia in the case of the United States against this petitioner, Number U.S. 7391-56, that on October 15, 1957, he was charged with the crime of larceny, was found not...

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