Legal Opinion
In re Holbrook
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 4, 1935PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPattangall, C. J.
On exceptions. Petitioner, having been adjudged guilty of contempt by a Justice of the Superior Court, was committed to jail for the term of four months. While so imprisoned, he unsuccessfully sought liberation through habeas corpus proceedings and now comes to this Court for the relief denied Jiim below.
“An application for writ of habeas corpus is addressed to the *277sound discretion of the court and the writ will not be granted unless the real and substantial justice of the case demands it.” O’Malia v. Wentworth, 65 Me., 129; Sweetland, Petitioner, 124 Me., 58, 126 A., 42. And in Knowlton v.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. AppelDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913
- People v. CochraneIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
- Blankenburg v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Dixon v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by16 opinions
- People v. GholsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
- State v. DeLongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- In Re BernardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- State v. WilloughbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
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