Legal Opinion
Biddle v. Board of Trustees of New Castle County Workhouse
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided June 13, 1927PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The petitioner, Hopper Biddle, seeks by habeas corptis to be discharged from imprisonment in the New Castle County Workhouse where he claims he is unlawfully detained.
He was sentenced by the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington on October 29, 1925, to be imprisoned in said Workhouse for the term of one year for nonsupport, after he had been adjudged guilty of that offense.
Prior to the sentence and during the long period of litigation connected with the charge which was originally made in August, 1919, the petitioner had been imprisoned…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Dimmick v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Sennott's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- In re GrahamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Halderman's CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bowers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
- Curran v. WoolleySupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Lewis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- State v. Superior CourtSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
- Green v. LoperSuperior Court of Delaware · 1949
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