Tuesday, January 13, 2009

GEO. W. HOLLOWAY - Pages 164-165 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book

Page 164
Regular Term
State of Kentucky ] SCT State of Ky, Lyon Co
Lyon County Court July 25 1904
COMMONWEALTH
vs
Geo W Holloway ] Lunatic

This day John D Lester, Attorney for the Commonwealth, filed an information as follows, to-wit:

To Hon. W L Crumbaugh, Judge of the Lyon County Court:
I am reliably informed that Geo W Holloway is a person incompetent to manage his estate and therefore ask that a jury be impaneled to pass upon the subject.

John D Lester County Attorney
Ordered by the Court, That W B Williams Esq, an Attorney of this Court, be and he is hereby appointed to defend for and on behalf of the person under trial.

To inquire, etc., comes a jury to-wit: W H Banister, J T Banister, A S J Lady, W B Harrison, D B Peek, A R Boughter

who being duly impaneled and sworn according to law, after hearing the evidence, returned the following verdict, viz: We of the jury find from the evidence that Geo W Holloway the person under trial is: incompetent to attend to and manage his estate and that he owns property worth $2000.00.

[signatures of jurors listed above with foreman listed]
[foreman] A K Boughter


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Brief History of Case

1.(a) Age -
(b) Occupation -
(c) Married or Single -
(d) Habits -
(e) Educated -
2.(a) What relations have been insane -
3.(a) Date of first attack -
(b) How exhibited -
(c) Has it changed in character at any any former period -
4.(a) Supposed cause -
(b) Any peculiar illusions and what -
(c) Subject to fits. How long -
From what cause -
(d) Natural Temper -
5.(a) Attempt at suicide -
(b) Violence toward others -
6.Periodic frenzy -
7.(a) Restraint imposed -
(b) Treatment used -
(c) Bleeding -
8. Injury about head -
9.

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