In Re Weinberger

On August 3d 1929, a petition was submitted wherein it was alleged that Harry H. Weinberger was "imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of the county of Passaic, Thomas Carless, at the common jail of the county of Passaic, or in the custody of the said Thomas Carless, sheriff of the county of Passaic * * *." It was also set forth that the cause or pretense of said confinement, so far as could be learned, were two indictments, and that the confinement was illegal because the court of quarter sessions had fixed the bail in the sum of $250,000, in violation of article 1, section…