The document looks routine. The fact that it is on a printed form indicates that it was the usual document used by the court for committals. In Tennessee a committal went before the county court probate judge for a hearing. It appears to have been the same in Alabama. Then as now, a person had a right to a hearing before a jury. Normally a jury was not called in these cases and so the word not in the form has been crossed out to show that a jury was called. Dr. Clark came before the court and stated that Mr. Watson was insane. The jury was convinced by the witness testimony that the person was insane and ordered him to be committed to the state insane hospital for treatment. There were two additional witnesses, H. J. Williams and T. J. Parrish who testified as to the financial condition of Mr. Watson and the court decreed that he be admitted as an indigent patient.