In re O'Connor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Tit is was a writ of certiorari issued to the county judge of Jefferson county, to review a proceeding had by and before him on a writ of Habeas Corpus issued for the production of the bod v of the petitioner wbo was imprisoned in the jail of Jefferson county. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
WiiitoN, C. J.
We think the order which was made in this ease by the county judge of Jefferson county must be reversed.
The petition which O’Connor presented to the judge for the writ of Habeas Corpus, stated that his imprisonment was illegal, for the following reasons, viz :
1st. No sufficient complaint or warrant has been issued, as the law requires, to give the said Baird, police justice, jurisdic tion either of the subject matter or the person of said O’Con-nor, .your petitioner.
2d. Said police justice had no jurisdiction of the subject matter, either to render judgment or fine…
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