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

This case comes before me on the return of a writ of habeas corpus. The district attorney opposes the release of the relators on the ground that they are lawfully detained as witnesses in a *423criminal cause under section 618-b of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The relators claim that this section is unconstitutional. The relators were each required by one of the county judges of Kings county to furnish an undertaking with sureties in the sum of $10,000 to secure the appearance of the relators respectively as witnesses in the said criminal cause, and in default of such undertakings they were…