People ex rel. Snyder v. Whitney

The return of the sheriff to the writ issued in this matter, showing that the defendant is held by him by virtue pf “ a judgment of conviction,” and that said prisoner “ was committed to [him] me by virtue of the annexed certificate of conviction,” brings up two considerations,— the question of It valid legal conviction, as well as the question whether, liter legal conviction, the magistrate has made a proper and legal commitment of the defendant to the sheriff of the county Ihe being the keeper of the common jail). It does not appear ly the return of the sheriff to the writ that he holds the…