In re Clark

Citations

• 86 Kan. 539
• 121 P. 492
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 336

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Habeas Corpus — ■“Dangerous Insane” — Commitment—Ex Post Facto Law — Constitutional Law. Section 5 of chapter 299 of the Laws of 1911, providing that a person acquitted of a criminal charge on the ground that he was insane when the offense was committed, shall be committed to the asylum for the dangerous insane, and shall not be liberated therefrom except as prescribed in the act, is not ex post facto as to a person tried and acquitted on that ground after the statute was enacted for an offense committed before its passage.</p> <p>2. —:-- Same. The section referred to in the preceding paragraph is not obnoxious to the provision of the federal constitution that a state shall not deprive any person of due process of law, nor to the provisions of the state constitution that all persons for injuries to person, reputation or property shall have remedy by due course of law.</p>