People ex rel. Schuyler v. Livingstone

This is a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the detention of Rosanna Schuyler, a prisoner in the *606Onondaga Penitentiary. Various informalities appear in the papers. The petition is not properly sworn to, as it was verified before one of the attorneys of record of the relator Kuh v. Barnett, 57 N. Y. Super. Ct. 234. The same irregularity appears in the traverse to the return. These irregularities are not jurisdictional, but may be waived. Vreeland v. Pennsylvania Tanning Co., 130 App. Div. 405. The writ originally ran to the sheriff of Onondaga county, while the prisoner was in…