New York Ex Rel. Doyle v. Atwell

The record presents a preliminary question as to our -jurisdiction under the writ of error.

The relators were arrested by the police of the City of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., while holding a street meeting, on the charge of violating an ordinance which prohibited, under penalty of fine, the gathering or assembling of persons or the holding of public meetings upon the public streets of the city, without special permit of the mayor. Before trial the relators obtained writs of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court of the State, at Special Term; which," being heard together, resulted in an order sustaining…