State ex rel. Cary v. Langum
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Relator, having been imprisoned by virtue of a warrant of commitment, which he claimed to be illegal and in contravention of R. L. 1905, § 4641, and of articles 5 and 8 of the federal constitution and of section 7 of article 1 of the state constitution, petitioned the district court for Hennepin county for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the sheriff of that county. From an order, Hale, J., discharging the writ, relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The relator was sentenced by the district court of Hennepin county to thirty days’ imprisonment for contempt of court, and upon the issuance of a warrant of commitment sued out a writ of habeas corpus for his release and discharge on the ground that the judgment upon which the commitment was issued had expired, and was in any event void, and relator’s detention thereunder unlawful. After a hearing in the court below, the writ was discharged, and relator appealed.
Relator contends: (1) That the judgment convicting him of contempt of court is void, for the reason that it does not comply with…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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