In re Hart for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
North Dakota Supreme Court
Original petition for a writ of babeas corpus. Writ issued Statements of facts by -Bbuce, J. Tbis is a proceeding upon a writ of babeas corpus, tbe writ having been issued by tbis court. On tbe 20tb day of October, 1913, tbe petitioner was arrested at tbe city of Fargo, and brought before tbe Honorable A. G. Hanson, judge of the county court of Oass county, on tbe charge of keeping and maintaining a bawdy bouse.
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Original petition for a writ of babeas corpus. Writ issued Statements of facts by -Bbuce, J. Tbis is a proceeding upon a writ of babeas corpus, tbe writ having been issued by tbis court. On tbe 20tb day of October, 1913, tbe petitioner was arrested at tbe city of Fargo, and brought before tbe Honorable A. G. Hanson, judge of the county court of Oass county, on tbe charge of keeping and maintaining a bawdy bouse. She entered a plea of guilty, and tbe court imposed a fine of $300 and a jail sentence of six months, and also required tbe defendant to pay tbe costs of the action. On tbe same day…
1Opinion of the CourtBeuce, J.
(after stating tbe facts as above). Tbe question to be resolved in this case is whether, after an order suspending a jail sentence on which no commitment bas been issued, and six months after tbe period of that sentence bas expired, tbe court which imposed tbe sentence and suspended tbe same may revoke tbe order, and order tbe commitment of tbe defendant, and require her to serve out tbe original jail sentence.
Tbe statute under which tbe sentence was suspended is chapter 136 of tbe Laws of 1913, and reads as follows: “Section 1. Court may suspend or modify sentence, when. In all prosecutions…
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