In re Boulter
Wyoming Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus. On April 20, 1895, Collingwood Boulter, otherwise called Charles Boulter, applied to the justices of the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully confined in the county jail of Laramie County by the sheriff of said county upon a judgment of conviction for the crime of manslaughter. The grounds upon which such imprisonment was claimed to be illegal are set forth in the opinion.
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Habeas Corpus. On April 20, 1895, Collingwood Boulter, otherwise called Charles Boulter, applied to the justices of the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully confined in the county jail of Laramie County by the sheriff of said county upon a judgment of conviction for the crime of manslaughter. The grounds upon which such imprisonment was claimed to be illegal are set forth in the opinion. An order for the writ was made by one of the justices, commanding that the sheriff show the cause of such detention. The •writ was issued, and the sheriff filed an…
1Opinion of the Court
GroesbeCK, Chief Justioe.
The petitioner seeks a discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Laramie County, by whom he is held under and by. virtue of a mittimus of the district court for that county, having been convicted of the crime of manslaughter in said court, and sentenced under said conviction. Tile-former proceeding in this court under writ of habeas corpus was to secure the admission of the petitioner to bail pending the proceedings in error in this court, which he was about to institute, and his application was refused. In re Boulter, (supra). The ille-. gality of the imprisonment…
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