People ex rel. Horowitz v. Hanley

The relator applies for a writ of habeas corpus. He was indicted by the grand jury of the county of New York in the Court of General Sessions, and on February 26, 1918, an order was made removing the indictment to the Supreme Court. On April 19,1918, at an Extraordinary Trial Term of the Supreme Court the relator entered a plea of guilty, and his bail was continued and sentence adjourned without date. On December 27, 1918, the Appellate Division granted an absolute writ of prohibition, which prevented sentence being passed upon the relator by the Extraordinary Trial Term of the Supreme Court.…