Manual for the use of the Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts : containing the general and special statutes under which its authority is exercised.
- Massachusetts
- Date:
- 1880
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Manual for the use of the Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts : containing the general and special statutes under which its authority is exercised. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![father, mother, children, brothers, sisters, or other next of kin, not exceeding ten in number, and over eighteen years of age, when the names and address of such rela- tives are known by the person or persons making such application, and such statement shall be filed with the order of commitment or application for admission. And the superintendent, or person in charge of such asylum or house for the reception of the insane, shall, within two days from the time of the admission or commitment of any insane person, send, or cause to be sent, notice of said commitment in wrriting, bj? mail, postage prepaid, to each of said relatives, and to any other two persons whom the person committed shall designate. [Statutes 1862, chap. 223.] Sect. 6. The judge may hear and determine such applications, in respect to persons alleged to be insane, at such times and places as he ma}' appoint; and the pres- ence of the alleged lunatic at the hearing may be required or dispensed with, in the discretion of the judge ; and the court may, in its discretion, issue a warrant to the sheriff, or his deputy, directing him to summon a jury of six law- ful men, to hear and determine whether the alleged luna- tic is insane. Whenever a jury is summoned, pursuant to the provisions of this section, the same proceedings shall be had and the same fees and expenses paid as are pro- vided by the General Statutes, chapter seventy-three, sec- tions twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen. [General Statutes, chap. 73.] Sect. 12. The jurors shall be selected in equal numbers from the place in which the trial is had, and one or two adjoining places, as the judge shall direct; and the same proceedings shall be had in selecting and empanelling the jury as are prescribed in chapter forty-three ; provided, that in the counties of Suffolk and Nantucket all the jurors may be taken from the same place. Sect. 13. The judge shall preside at such trial, and administer to the jury an oath faithfully and impartially to try the issue, and the verdict of the jury shall be final on the complaint. Sect. 14. If by reason of challenges or otherwise there is not a full jury of the persons summoned, the judge shall cause the officer who served the summons, or in his absence the officer attending the jury, to return suitable persons to supply the deficiency ; and shall have the same authority as the supreme judicial court to enforce the attendance of jurors and witnesses, and inflict fines for non-attendance. Sect. 15. The officer who summons and attends the jury shall receive therefor four cents a mile for all neces- sary travel, and one dollar and fifty cents for each day that he attends upon them ; and the jurors and witnesses 5 tain facts, and super- intendent to notify rela- tives. Gr. S. 73, 1862. 223, § 5. Cases where and how heard. Or. S. 73, §§ 12-16. 11 Gray, 107. How jury to he selected and impan- elled. 1837, 228, §2. See 1862, 223, § 6. Judge to preside. Verdict. 1837,228, §3. How de- ficiency in jury sup- plied. 1837,228, §4. Fees of ju- rors, &c. R. S. 24, §29. 1837,228, §2.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21069669_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
