Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Thompson v. Webster
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1894PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Hearing on the return of a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
The petitioner was sentenced to the Monroe County Penitentiary by the Recorder’s Court of the city of Watertown for the crime of keeping a house of ill-fame and prostitution. She now urges that the court had no jurisdiction, on the ground that the statute which purports to confer upon that court jurisdiction over this offense is unconstitutional, for the reason that it contravenes the 16th section 'of article 3, which provides that “no private or local bill * * "x" shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.” The statute in question is chapter 810, Laws of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re the Trustees of the New York & Brooklyn BridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Dyett v. . HymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Harris v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Whipple v. . ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Matter of Alter'g, Etc., Main St., Sing SingNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. CasedayOregon Supreme Court · 1911
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of HammerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
- State ex rel. Thompson v. MajorsNebraska Supreme Court · 1909