People ex rel Duntz v. Coon
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from order of Columbia county judge. Petition by'Mark Duntz, for and on behalf of Nellie Victory, for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of her detention and imprisonment in the house of refuge for women. From an order dismissing the writ, and remanding the prisoner, relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
Appeal from an order of the Columbia county judge, dismissing proceedings by habeas corpus, and remanding one Nellie Victory, on whose behalf the writ was obtained, to the custody of Sarah V. Coon, the superintendent of the house of refuge for women, at the city of Hudson. Nellie Victory was on the 19th day of November, 1887, brought before A. R. Bruce, a justice of Johnstown, N. Y., charged with being a common prostitute, and having been duly convicted; and said justice, having determined her age to be 17 years, committed her to the said house of refuge, as a common prostitute, by virtue of…
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