Belden v. Hugo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of habeas corpus to determine the legality of the imprisonment of the petitioner, issued and reserved by the Hon. Earnest C. Simpson, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, upon the facts alleged in the pleadings, for the advice of this court.
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Writ of habeas corpus to determine the legality of the imprisonment of the petitioner, issued and reserved by the Hon. Earnest C. Simpson, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, upon the facts alleged in the pleadings, for the advice of this court. The petitioner, having been convicted of the crime of abortion at the April term of the Superior Court in New Haven county, was, on April 24th, 1913, sentenced to be imprisoned in the common jail in New Haven for and during the term of one year, and to pay a fine of $400, together with the costs of prosecution, and to stand…
1Dissent
Beach, J. (dissenting).
This is not a case where the imposition of sentence was suspended, so as to create an interregnum between the conviction and the final judgment of the court. In this case final judgment and sentence of fine and imprisonment in the common jail for one year was pronounced on April 24th, 1913. The fine was paid, and, except for the Probation Act of 1905 as amended, nothing would have remained except to do execution of the jail sentence. This statute authorizes the criminal courts to commit a convicted criminal to the charge of a probation officer upon conditions which…
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