People ex rel. Ditchik v. Sheriff of County of Kings

Relator has been held in $50,000 bail as a material witness by order of Mr. Justice McCubn, presiding at the Extraordinary Term of the Supreme Court convened in Kings county by the Governor of the State. Petitioner claims (a) that the affidavits upon which the order was based contain “ no facts establishing or showing that said relator is a material witness for the People in a criminal action pending;” (b) that relator was committed without a hearing; (c) that affidavits upon which the order was based contain no facts establishing or showing that said relator will not appear and testify;” (d)…