Rule v. Geddes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the respondent, the superintendent of the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia, from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, discharging the petitioner from the custody of the respondent.
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Hearing on an appeal by the respondent, the superintendent of the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia, from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, discharging the petitioner from the custody of the respondent. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: The appellant, Amy J. Rule, as superintendent of the Reform School for Girls of the District of Columbia, appeals from a judgment of the supreme court of the District discharging the appellee from her custody. The petition for the writ of habeas corpus was filed April 13, 1903, by Helen Geddes…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
We are of the opinion that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer and discharging the petitioner.
1. Apparently the error was committed under the apprehension that the proceeding culminating in the commitment of the petitioner to the Reform School for Girls was in the nature of a prosecution, conviction, and punishment for crime. Unquestion,-ably, if such were the case, the infant petitioner would be entitled to the protection of all the safeguards of the Constitution to the same extent as an adult. But the Reform School for Girls is not a prison or penitentiary. It is what it purports to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Exparte CrouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
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3Cited by9 opinions
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