People ex rel. Tweed v. Liscomb
New York Supreme Court
CERTIORARI to review the decision of the Hew York Oyer and Terminer in refusing to discharge the relator from imprisonment upon proceedings by habeas corpus. The proceedings by habeas corpus were instituted upon the relation of William M. Tweed against Joseph L. Liscomb. The respondent was warden of the Hew York penitentiary on Blackwell’s Island, the relator a prisoner confined therein. Sufficient facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWestbrook, J.
At a Court of Oyer and Terminer held in and for the city and county of Hew York on the 22d day of Hovember, 1873, the relator, William M. Tweed, having been found guilty upon several different counts of a single indictment charging various misdemeanors, received separate sentence upon each. The aggregate term of imprisonment thereby inflicted in the peniten*260tiaiy of the city of New York was twelve years, and the total of the several fines imposed amounted to $12,500.
Having been confined in the penitentiary for a year and paid as a fine' $250, the relator sued out a writ of habeas corpus…
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