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TREMBLAY v. OVERHOLSER

No. 288-61.

199 F.Supp. 569 (1961)

Joan TREMBLAY, Petitioner, v. Winfred OVERHOLSER, Respondent.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Arens, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by an inmate of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental institution, against the Superintendent of the hospital, seeking release.

This case arose out of an arrest of the petitioner by a police officer of the District of Columbia on a charge of intoxication. The petitioner is apparently a lady of refinement and education who used to hold secretarial positions, and it is to be regretted...

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