Legal Opinion
In Re Lippincott
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided January 24, 1936PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mildred P. Lippincott pleaded guilty to a charge of adultery and was sentenced March 21st, 1935, by the judge of the Burlington county special sessions. That sentence ordered and adjudged that she "be imprisoned in the New Jersey State Reformatory for Women at Clinton, upon this conviction." No term or period of imprisonment was specified therein.
Being in custody in that institution upon this commitment, she sued out a writ of habeas corpus directed to the superintendent, and contends that the sentence is for an indefinite term; that the court had no authority to impose a sentence for an…
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- Wallace v. BradshawSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1891
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- Tompkins v. HortonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1874
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