People ex rel. Jimerson v. Freiberg

The relator, on a writ of habeas corpus, seeks her release from the custody of the sheriff of Erie county. Such sheriff, as his return to the writ of habeas corpus herein, certifies that the relator is in his custody by virtue of a bench warrant issued out of the County Court of Erie county after an indictment charging her with the crime of murder in the first degree had been found against such relator by the grand jury of such court. Both in her petition and in her traverse to the return, the relator claims that she has once been put in jeopardy on a trial of such indictment, and that she is…