Legal Opinion · Dissent
People ex rel. Ryan v. Webster
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 1895Published
Appeal from order of Monroe county judge. Habeas corpus by John Ryan to inquire into the legality of his detention by Charles A. Webster, as superintendent of the Monroe county penitentiary, under and by virtue of a certificate of conviction made by a justice of the peace of the town of Perrington. Relator was discharged, and defendant appeals.
1Dissent
WARD, J. (dissenting).
On the 4th of September, 1894, John Ryan was convicted, as appears by the following certificate of conviction:
■‘•Court of Special Sessions, County of Monroe, Town of Perrington—ss.: The People of the State of New York against John Ryan.
“The above-named John Ryan, having been brought before me, Isaac S. Hobbie, justice of the peace of the town of Perrington, charged with indecent exposure of the person and intoxication, having requested to be tried by a court of special sessions, and the above-named John Ryan having thereupon pleaded guilty, and having been thereupon duly…
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- In re TravisNew York Supreme Court · 1878
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