People ex rel. Sampson v. New York Catholic Protectory
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Catholic Protectory, - from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of April, 1903, sustaining a writ of habeas corpus theretofore allowed herein upon the petition of one Lizzie Sampson, and awarding the custody of the relator to said petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
One Lizzie Sampson petitioned the court for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that one John Sampson, her son, was restrained of *197his liberty by the defendant, and that he had not been committed or detained by virtue of any judgment, decree, final order or process specified in section 2016 of the Code. The petition further alleges that the prisoner was detained under an agreement between the defendant and the petitioner, whereby the custody of the relator was to be assumed by the defendant for a stated period of time. As a return to the writ of habeas corpus the defendant stated…
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