People ex rel. Martin v. Walters
New York Supreme Court
Proceeding by habeas corpus against Francis Gf. Walters, sheriff of Greene county to relieve the relator, Horatio A. Martin, from imprisonment. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWestbrook, J.
The return of the sheriff of Greene county to the writ of habeas corpus which issued upon the petition of the relator, shows that the latter is held in custody by the former under an execution issued by John B. Ha gem an a justice of the peace of the-town of Windham in the county of Greene, upon a judgment recovered against the relator before him on the 37th day of March, 1885, for $100 damages aiid $30.45 costs of suit, in favor of Alexander Shultz and Bussell Steele as Overseers of the Poor of the town of Windham, for violations of the' excise law. ' '
The relator insists that he is entitled…
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