In re Gessner

To the writ of habeas corpus issued and served upon him, the warden of the city prison returns that he holds the prisoner, Nelson A. Gessner, under two warrants of commitment, one of Patrick G. Duffy, a police magistrate of the city of New York, committing said Gessner pending an examination upon a complaint charging him with the crime of forgery, and the other a bench warrant from the court of sessions of the county of New York, issued upon an indictment found by the grand jury of said court, and accusing him of the'same crime.

The proof shows that on the 22d day of August, 1877, a complaint…