Gomez v. Whitney

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

In pursuance of an order made by tbe defendant Whitney, who was a judge of the circuit court of the first judicial circuit, upon the motion and affidavit of defendant Lindsay, who was the attorney general of the Territory, the plaintiff in error was, on March 31, 1911, taken into custody by defendant Jarrett, then sheriff of the City and County of Honolulu, and detained in the county jail until April 4 following when he was released on nominal bail in habeas corpus proceedings instituted in his behalf in this court. Subsequently the order of commitment was…