People ex rel. Webster v. Van Tassell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Ulster county court. Application by the people of the state of New York, on the relation of Grove Webster, for a writ of habeas corpus against William Van Tassell, sliériff of Ulster county. From a judgment for relator, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
The opinion of the court below contains a full statement of the facts of the case, and a learned and able discussion of the questions, involved. In addition to what he has said, I will only make a few suggestions regarding one phase of the case; The proceedings’ which resulted in the or*644der of the recorder, adjudging the relator guilty of contempt in declining to produce books and papers, were brought under section 32 of the charter of the city of Kingston, (chapter 150 of the Laws of 1872.) And the question submitted is, does this section of said chapter authorize the commitment of relator…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rutherford v. . HolmesNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Investigation of Contracts Entered into by the City of AlbanyNew York Supreme Court · 1920
- Combs v. NickersonNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- People v. Du BoisNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1894
- Haase v. Common CouncilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923