Legal Opinion

In re Milecke

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1909No. 7738PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered July 29, 1908, denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of a prisoner.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

The petitioner was arrested and charged, in the police court of the city of Spokane, with having violated the provisions of chapter 131, Laws 1903, p. 244, entitled: “An act for the protection of hotel, boarding house, restaurant, and lodging house keepers, and providing a penalty.” Upon conviction he applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court of Spokane county. This appeal is prosecuted from an order denying the writ.

Error is assigned in that the statute is unconstitutional and the conviction was unwarranted, and for the reason that the warrant did not state facts sufficient…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ex parte HardySupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  2. State v. YardleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  3. State ex rel. Miller v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  4. State ex rel. Wyman, Partridge & Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Bray v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. In Re ElliottWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Pauly v. KeeblerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Reed v. ReinckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
  4. State v. SearsWashington Supreme Court · 1940
  5. State v. BarklindWashington Supreme Court · 1976

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