THE Estate, and Persons of Idiots, and Lunatick•…•… are by Law intrusted with the Supreme. Should th•…•… Sovereign Trustee commit the Body, or Estate, of either of them, to I. S. to do with them as absolutely, and inordinately, as he pleases, the Grant were void; be∣cause Breach of Trust; and the Committee punishable for any exorbitant Usage. The Author of an Act, entitu•…•… led, Defensio Legis, Sect. 10. Par. 81. p. 139. Edit 1674.
The Estates and Persons of Idiots, and Lunaticks, (saith the Lord Chief Justice Hobart) are by Law intrusted to the King; if therefore the King should grant to one that intrudeth upon the Possessions of an Idiot, or Luna∣tick, or take their Persons unlawfully, that he would not meddle with them, but suffer them to do their plea∣sure, these Grants were void: For these are Acts of Ju∣stice, and Offices of a King, which he cannot put off: Cessa regnare, si non vis judicare. And in these things the King is never supposed by Law ill affected, but abu∣sed and deceived; for Eadem praesumitur mens Regis,