ea.~ To hem been iwane at the 'timathe aot is allegedto have been oommlttrrd,but sane at the time of trial, he ahall be Lmedlataly disoharged; Honorable D. #. Ytakea,Page $
"b. To have been Inanne at the time the act is allegedto hnve been aommittad and in- 5nn. at the tlae of trial, or Bane at the tim the aat Is allegedto have been committedand insane at the tiae of the trial, the Cou& shall thereupon 5mko and hare entered on the minn~ea of the Oourt an order ..nmitting the defendanbto the euatodyef the aheriff2, te be k ep lubjeot t to the furtherelder of the, County Judge of.the.oou%t~ and the prooeod&ga 8hall forthwith be amtiffed t. ahe aOmy -
Judg. who dmll at ozwe 8ILlIoth n9cresewy atepa to hato the defendantaoiianittod to aad coafiaedin a StBatehospital for the lnsana until he beaon.. .M., 5Seotiaa3. When bh. defer&dent ao aoiaa&&ed to a hospitalfor tha lnaane beefma son., tha ruporintendent of the hoapitaX ah~ll ire written not:.. of that faet to the Judge of tit l c o ur t fma which the order of ecamitment tamed.,.Upon reaeiptof aueh aot%ae the Ju a 'shall repulre the sheriffto bring the defeon dstant frix8 the bo :pital.andplace bin in.tbe proper euatody~uptl? 2 the h*arin(c-may be bad'before IL juryio moB .; Cvur% to deternine6afendant*alanityr.andif he be found mne he ahallbe diaehargad,unl~ahe hadbecm rioualyfouad to ba aaue a8 ~,tlme a% wMch t-ria alle;[gPd'to hare eommlttedthe Off.I%S. &argad , un1eas p1~viim5ly aaquitt.d, he a&all be tried.forthe offenra eiwsrged." Althou& Artial 932a, v,rC. C. P., deals with the questionof ~inaanity, when Inter 8.d as a defenaa,to a crime and doe. not eovei the ler of fa.68 before uai 2111 we t l&k it aignifiaant b&o.use it pmrides for ,wami en% of 11) all persona who are found to here g.: gggq#q a the tige the a@t ie alleged to have been a0nuaitt.d 5nd attha time of trial, and (2) all peraonslzme at the tlae the act ia alleged to have been oolamittedand inrane at the thee of tri81.
BonorableD. W. Stakes, Page 8
Tha additions1informationsuppliedin your saoond letterleads ua to the conclusionthnt there is in effeat no State Prison PayohopathlcHoaplBlaa providedfor in Artlole 6203e. Tou atate that,a prison hoapitnlwas oonstruatedout of money appropriatedby the 43rd Leglalature,but that it la uaed prinolpallyas a generalhoapitrl is rqulppedto handle but a limited number of payahopathiapatienta,and that no ap' pristlonhaa ever been mado to pay a Superinten- dent w cap"led for ia Seotion6 of Article6203e. Tha appropriation for the aonatruation of hospital18 found in the QeneralAppropriationBill li3rdLegislatureand la aa follows3 "hospital(to"be uaad alao ior ,oriminally Lnaane)to be built with coaviot labor within tie prisonwalla at Huntavrtllo,Teacaa. . . &iO,OOOe A aearohof the appropriationbills alnaa 1933 disclosesthat no appro riation has ever baea made to pay a .iuperintendent aa aalPed for in 3eotion6 of Article62038. Xt is tiie~opinion of this departmen tha8 until the defloienoier~alroady wation~d in oonneotionwith Artiole 62036 are met, Arti6lcl 3186a V. 1. G. Y:, .indArtiola932a V. 0. C.