Couzens v. Sellers
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Codd, J. Habeas corpus proceedings by James Couzens against Albert F. Sellers, police justice of the city of Detroit, and Edward Stein, sheriff of Wayne county, for his release from a commitment for contempt of court. From an order quashing the commitment, defendant Sellers brings certiorari.
1Per curiam
In the city of Detroit, a woman named Jessie West was arrested by a policeman, taken to and locked in police quarters. It was during the forenoon of Saturday, May 19, 1917. Later on, on Monday, May 21, 1917, a complaint was made by the officer to one of the police justices of Detroit, in which complaint she was charged with being a disorderly person because she was a common prostitute “for the above-mentioned offense committed in his presence and view as such police officer.” A warrant was issued, dated May 21, 1917, the woman was arraigned and convicted, and sentence was suspended. She is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clute v. Ionia Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. AlmashyMichigan Supreme Court · 1924