People ex rel. Cowley v. Bowe

The relator is brought before me upon a writ of habeas corpus, and application is made that he be admitted to bail, pending an appeal taken by him on a writ of error from the judgment' of the court of general sessions of the peace, in and by which it was ordered and adjudged that the relator, for the misdemeanor of which he had been convicted by the jury, should be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the city of ISTew York, for the term of one year, and pay a fine of $250, &c.

The indictment under which the relator was found guilty was framed under the fourth section of chapter 122 of the act of…