In Re Watson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from decision of Mr. Justice Walker in proceedings in habeas corpus, from MecKlenbueg. This proceeding was commenced by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, by S. S. Watson, in behalf of his minor son, Richard Watson, restrained in the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School since 27 August, 1909, by virtue of a conviction on that date in the recorder’s court of the city of Charlotte for the crime of vagrancy, said petition being also made by S. S.…
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Appeal from decision of Mr. Justice Walker in proceedings in habeas corpus, from MecKlenbueg. This proceeding was commenced by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, by S. S. Watson, in behalf of his minor son, Richard Watson, restrained in the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School since 27 August, 1909, by virtue of a conviction on that date in the recorder’s court of the city of Charlotte for the crime of vagrancy, said petition being also made by S. S. Watson on his own behalf to regain the custody and care of his son. The petition was addressed to Mr. Justice Walker,…
1Opinion of the CourtAllek, J.
The principal questions considered in the able and carefully prepared brief of counsel for the petitioner are that the detention of Eichard Watson is illegal, for that:
The act establishing the Stonewall Jackson Training School is unconstitutional, because (1) it provides for imprisonment as a punishment for crime, and in excess of that fixed by statute for vagrancy, and for such a length of time that it is cruel or unusual; (2) under it he is deprived of his liberty without due process of law; (3) that his detention, under the statute, amounts to involuntary servitude.
The duty is imposed on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- County of McLean v. HumphreysIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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- People v. AdamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
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