People ex rel. Slatzkata v. Baker
Superior Court of Buffalo
On habeas corpus. The relator, Thomas Slatzkata, petitions for an order requiring Nelson H. Baker, superintendent of the Society for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic Children, at Buffalo, N. Y., to discharge him from custody.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The relator was heretofore, and on or about the 23d day of October, 1888, convicted of the offense of petit larceny, by Thomas S. King, a police justice of the city of Buffalo, and by him committed to the care of the Society for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic Children. The commitment of the relator was made under and by virtue of chapter 364 of the Laws of 1864, and of the acts amendatory thereof. It is claimed upon the part of the relator that the act of 1864 does not authorize the commitment of a ■child to the custody and care of the said society for the offense of petit…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Trainor v. BakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- People v. AllenNew York Supreme Court · 1831
- People Ex Rel. Van Riper v. New York Catholic ProtectoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People, Ex Rel. Frey v. . the Warden, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- People Ex Rel. Heck v. New York Catholic ProtectoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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- People v. RosenthalColumbia County Court · 1939
- People ex rel. Forbes v. MarkellNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- People ex rel. James v. New York SocietyNew York Supreme Court · 1897