Matter of Knowack
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the-Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered' December 9, 1898, affirming an order of Special Term awarding the custody and possession of children in the hands of appellant to their parents. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as; material, are seated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the-Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered' December 9, 1898, affirming an order of Special Term awarding the custody and possession of children in the hands of appellant to their parents. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as; material, are seated in the opinion. Persons committed by the final judgment of a court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction, in a criminal proceeding, cannot be discharged by the-Supreme Court by virtue of its general equitable powers, (Matter of Forbes, 4 Park. Cr. Rep. 611; L.…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
■ This is a proceeding based upon a petition addressed to the Supreme Court of the state of RTew York by Charles Knowack and Johanna, his wife, praying that their four children, now in the custody of the Children’s Aid Society of Rochester, be restored to their care and control.
At the time this petition was verified, on the 22d of December, 1897, the four children of the petitioners — the only issue of the marriage—were aged, respectively, Frank, twelve years ; Gustave, eleven years; Emil, eight years, and Freddie, six years.
It' appears that some two years before the present application was…
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