People ex rel. Stern v. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Upon return of writs of habeas corpus and cértiorári, it is not disputed that the infant, whose custody is the subject of- dispute, was committed to the charge of the respondent, the Five-Points House of Industry, by final judgment of a competent tribunal of criminal jurisdiction, and is now temporarily in the-custody of the respondent, The Hew York Society for, the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, because of the breaking out of a . contagious disease in the house of reception of the former; but the moving party, contends that upon affidavits, showing the inadvisability of the commitment,…