Hammond v. People ex rel. Vacaro
Illinois Supreme Court
Writs op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Manieres, Judge, presiding: These writs of error were sued out by David S. Hammond, sheriff of Cook county, for the purpose of bringing in review, before this court, the decisions of the Circuit Court upon two applications, by Joseph Yacaro and Paul Celia, respectively, upon habeas corpus, for discharge from imprisonment. The petitioners allege precisely the same state of facts in both cases.
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Writs op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Manieres, Judge, presiding: These writs of error were sued out by David S. Hammond, sheriff of Cook county, for the purpose of bringing in review, before this court, the decisions of the Circuit Court upon two applications, by Joseph Yacaro and Paul Celia, respectively, upon habeas corpus, for discharge from imprisonment. The petitioners allege precisely the same state of facts in both cases. The petition of Yacaro represents that he is an Italian by birth, and for the last five years has been living, and in business, in…
1Opinion of the Court · WalkerJustice Walker
The question is presented by the record in this case, whether a writ of error lies upon the order rendered upon the hearing of a habeas corpus. By a comparison of the statutes, it will be found, that we have incorporated into our habeas corpus act, all of the material provisions of the British statutes of the 31 Car. II, c. 2, and the 56 Geo. Ill, c. 100. It has be^i frequently said that these statutes were only declaratory of the common law on that subject, with some slight changes in the practice under the writ. Having adopted the substance of the British acts in our statute, we may…
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