People ex rel. Davis v. Foster
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an original application by the relator in this court to be discharged from imprisonment in the jail of Macon county. The grounds relied on 'for the discharge are sufficiently -stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
- This is a .proceeding under the. Habeas Corpus act. It appears from the papers before us, upon which the case is submitted for our determination, that at the December term, 1881, of the Macon county circuit court, the petitioner, Elizabeth A. Davis, was tried and convicted on three several indictments, for the respective offences of selling intoxicating liquors, maintaining a nuisance, and keeping a house of .ill-fame; that on failure to pay the" fines assessed by the court in these several eases, which amounted in the aggregate to about $2500, the petitioner, by order of the court, was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hammond v. People ex rel. VacaroIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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