People ex rel. Franklin v. Warden, Brooklyn House of Detention for Men

Relators appeal to our court by permission, seeking review of orders of the Appellate Division, Second Department, entered January 4, 1973, dismissing their several petitions for writs of habeas corpus.

Each of the appellants is a pretrial detainee as a result of an indictment handed up by the Kings County Grand Jury. Each has been detained in custody for more than six months solely in consequence of inability to make bail. Each has sought unsuccessfully in Kings County Supreme Court and later in the Appellate Division to be released on his own recognizance under the authority of the so-called…