Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Forster v. Warden of Kings County Penitentiary
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1903PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Heabing on a demurrer to the returns to writs of habeas corpus and certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The relator was tried and convicted hy a city magistrate in the borough of Brooklyn, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of six months in the Kings county penitentiary. She seeks to be released by writs of habeas corpus and certiorari.
The complaint against her was that she was “ a common prostitute and night walker, and that she was on the night of the 20th of January, 1903, in the borough of Brooklyn, City of Hew Tork,- and county of Kings, loitering in Hudson avenue near De Kalb avenue, that being a public thoroughfare and public place, soliciting and importuning men passing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Van Houter v. SadlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- People ex rel. Frank v. Keeper of the State Reformatory for WomenNew York Supreme Court · 1902
- Kolzem v. Broadway & Seventh Avenue RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. ResonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- People ex rel. Sievers v. McgeeNew York Supreme Court · 1938
- People v. Chermerhorn, New York County Courts1908
- People v. KennewegNew York District Court · 1960
- People ex rel. Miller v. BrockmanNew York City Magistrates' Court · 1916
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