Lunacy Record
Creator: Shawnee County. Probate Court
Date: 1881-1948
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 192452
Restrictions: Restricted
Space Required/Quantity: 13.75 cubic feet
Title (Main title): Lunacy Record
Scope and Content
Scope and content: Records related to proving or disproving an individual's sanity in probate court. Information provided can include affidavit in lunacy, order of hearing, notice to patient and report of examining physician, witness to individual's insanity or incompetency, summons (typically for medical doctors), jurors' decisions, probate judge's order to commit individual to insane asylum, and certificate of residence and financial information for individual who was committed. Later volumes provide more information such as on order for an inquest to investigate individual's sanity, report by a Commission to investigate, and the probate judge's decision.
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
|---|---|
| 121-06-02-03 to 121-06-07-02 | VOL. NOS. A-Z & 1-4. |
Index Terms
Subjects
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Capacity and disability -- Kansas -- Shawnee County
Insanity (Law) -- Kansas -- Shawnee County
Legal instruments -- Kansas -- Shawnee County
Probate courts -- Kansas -- Shawnee County
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Shawnee County. Courts. Probate Court.
Additional Information for Researchers
Restrictions: Restricted
