Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Sexton v. Warden of Female Workhouse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 19, 1926PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
At Special Term a writ of- habeas corpus was sustained and the relator discharged on the ground that the committing magistrate was without power to act for the reason that relator had been found guilty by another magistrate.
The relator was convicted of the crime of vagrancy, having offered to commit an act of prostitution in certain premises in the borough of Manhattan. Thereupon, in accordance with section 98-a of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act of the City of New York (Laws of 1910, chap. 659, added by Laws of 1913, chap. 372, as amd. by Laws of 1915, chap. 531) and pending sentence,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Holmes v. . CarleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Ex parte WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1890
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- In re the Estate of WatkinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- People ex rel. Barnes v. Warden of WorkhouseNew York Supreme Court · 1925
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of ThomsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929