Legal Opinion
Ames v. Kirby
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 29, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pitney, J.
In making return to a writ of habeas corpus the sheriff of Atlantic county sets up as a justification for his detention of the petitioner two writs of commitment, issued by a justice of the peace, setting forth that the petitioner is charged respectively with violations of sections 59 and 65 of the Grimes act of 1898 (Pamph. L., pp. 810, 812) and is committed to the sheriff in default of bail to await the action of the *443grand jury. Petitioner prays for his discharge — first, on the ground that the commitments, respectively, do not set forth…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Plumley v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
- Brielle v. ZeiglerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962
- Simpson-Crawford Co. v. Borough of Atlantic HighlandsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1908
- State v. J. W. Kelly & Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. MaloneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905