People ex rel. Woodruff v. Matson
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition filed in this court, asking the issue of a writ of habeas corpus to the sheriff, etc. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The petitioner, Frank J. Woodruff, alias Frank J. Black, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, and to be discharged from imprisonment, to which he alleges he is unlawfully subjected by the sheriff of Cook county.
The petition alleges that an indictment was returned against the petitioner, with others, at the May term, 1889, of the Criminal Court of Cook county, for the crime of murder; that he was arrested on the 29th day of May, 1889, and that he is now, and ever since his arrest has been, continuously confined in the jail of said county under a capias issued upon said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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