In re Bion
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of habeas corpus, made to Andrews, Q. J., as a judge of the Superior Court. The judge issued an alternative writ, directed to the sheriff of Litchfield County, who held Bion in jail, and his return set forth the mittimus of Samuel A. Bennett, a justice of the peace, who had committed him upon his failure to give bonds to keep the peace.
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Application for a writ of habeas corpus, made to Andrews, Q. J., as a judge of the Superior Court. The judge issued an alternative writ, directed to the sheriff of Litchfield County, who held Bion in jail, and his return set forth the mittimus of Samuel A. Bennett, a justice of the peace, who had committed him upon his failure to give bonds to keep the peace. The complaint upon which Bion was arrested and brought before the justice was made by one Dunning, of the.town of North Canaan in Litchfield County, to Jacob B. Harden-burgh, a justice of the peace for that county residing inj/hat town,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The questions for review presented by this appeal arise upon the rulings of a judge of the Superior Court on the trial of a writ of habeas corpus, issued upon application of Michael Bion, in order to procure his release from the county jail, where he was under commitment for non-compliance with the order of a justice of the peace upon a complaint against him, in favor of one Lyman Dunning, for sureties of the peace to prevent the execution of threats on the part of Bion to do great bodily harm to Dunning.
The applicant claims his release from imprisonment upon two independent grounds :—1. That…
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