People ex rel. Lewisohn v. Wyatt
New York Supreme Court
Pboceediitgs by writs of certiorari and habeas corpus to review the action of respondent Wyatt, a justice of the Special Sessions, in issuing a warrant for the arrest of relator upon information charging him with a misdemeanor.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The relator, by writs of certiorari and habeas corpus, seeks to review the action of the respondent Wyatt, a justice of the Special Sessions, in issuing a warrant for his arrest upon an information charging him with a misdemeanor, in that he unlawfully refused to answer a question put to him upon a criminal proceeding pending before said justice. The questions raised upon the return to the writs have been elaborately argued. It was stated upon the argument both in behalf of the district attorney and by counsel for the relator that it was deemed that the questions thus argued were of such…
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- People Ex Rel. Hackley v. KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
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