State ex rel. Sherin v. Goss
Supreme Court of Minnesota
A writ of habeas corpus was issued out of the district court for Ramsey county, on the petition of James Sherin, directing M. N. Goss, chief of police of the city of St. Paul, to produce the body of said petitioner, before the court, together with the time and cause for the imprisonment of said petitioner. At the hearing before O. B. Lewis, J., the petition was quashed and the writ discharged. From this decision relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Appeal from an order of the district court quashing relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, discharging the writ issued thereon, and remanding him to the custody of the respondent.
The only allegations of the petition as to the cause or pretense of the petitioner’s confinement or restraint, or as to the illegality of his imprisonment, are as follows:
“The cause or pretense of such confinement or restraint, according to the knowledge and belief of the petitioner, is that your petitioner is held by virtue of a certain warrant issued by the governor of this state, but that said warrant was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Ex parte WalpoleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Ex parte NyeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Hoskins v. BaxterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- State ex rel. Distin v. EnsignNebraska Supreme Court · 1882
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Adams v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- Shaw v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- State ex rel. Hansen v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Tail v. OlsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1944
- Hocking v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
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