People ex rel. Conway v. Warden & Keeper of the Second District Prison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeals by the relator in each case, Sean Conway and others, from orders 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 17th day of September, 1917, dismissing writs of habeas corpus and remanding the relators to custody.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
The appeals relate to four "proceedings by habeas corpus, and the same question is involved in all of them. The relators were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. In each case an information was laid before the city magistrate specifying certain acts constituting the offense of disorderly conduct. Upon these informations the city magistrate committed the various defendants for trial before the magistrate. They gave bail, but subsequently they were surrendered and these writs obtained.
The main contention of the relators is that the informations did not contain facts sufficient…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Perkins v. . MossNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
3Cited by4 opinions
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- People ex rel. Natoli v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- People ex rel. Childs v. KnottNew York Supreme Court · 1918
- People ex rel. Reed v. HendricksonNew York Supreme Court · 1935