People ex rel. Reed v. Hendrickson

This is a habeas corpus proceeding following the arrest and detention of the relators pending their trial in the Court of Special Sessions of the incorporated village of Garden City, upon an information and depositions charging them with violation of the provisions of section 986 of the Penal Law.

On the argument, in the briefs, and subsequently, counsel for the relators, as well as the district attorney, requested of the court an expression of opinion concerning the legality of the system in operation at the greyhound race track conducted and operated by the *826relators herein. As an exordium,…