People ex rel. Escott v. Hoffman

This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought by Matthew H. Escott, who was imprisoned by Jolpi Hoffman, sheriff of Cook county, by virtue of a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum issued out of the Superior Court of Cook comity. It is contended that the writ of capias ad respondendum, upon which the petitioner was in the first instance arrested, is void, for the reason that the Avrit Avas dated April 10th, “18780,” and, being void, all subsequent proceedings in the case must fall Avith the void Avrit. Upon an inspection of the original Avrit, on the’hearing, Ave do not regard the…