Patterson v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This writ of error brings up the judgment of the Supreme Court affirming a decision of one of the justices-of that court, by which the plaintiff in error was, on the return to a writ of habeas corpus, remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Monmouth county. The facts appear in a statement printed in the reports with the opinion of the Supreme-Court.

One of the grounds urged by the plaintiff for his discharge-from imprisonment is that his right to a speedy trial upon the indictments pending against him has been denied.

The essential justice of…