In re Stevens
New York Supreme Court
Application by Benjamin D. Stevens for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. From an order dismissing the writs on demurrers to the returns of the warden and police magistrate, and remanding the applicant to the custody of the warden, the applicant appeals.
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Application by Benjamin D. Stevens for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. From an order dismissing the writs on demurrers to the returns of the warden and police magistrate, and remanding the applicant to the custody of the warden, the applicant appeals. Benjamin D. Stevens, the appellant, who is manager of a theatrical troupe, publicly exhibited in the Broadway Theater, in the city of New York, on September 5, 1892, a little girl named Lillian Kline, aged five years, in singing and dancing, in a play called “Wang,” performed therein. He was arrested September 7, 1892, upon a warrant…
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
We think that the construction given to chapter 309 of the Laws of 1892, amending section 292 of the Penal Code, by the learned justice before whom the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari were brought at the special term, was correct; and, adopting his opinion1 as our own, an affirmance of the orders appealed from is directed, and the prisoner remanded. Ail concur.
For the opinion of Mr. Justice BEACH, here referred to, see People v. Grant, 24 N. Y. Supp. 776, with which this case and four others were heard at special term, all being disposed of by the same opinion.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Sanders v. GrantNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Farias v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1979