Fedarko v. Hoff

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mixtubx, J.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by Joseph Eedarko, now confined in state’s prison, at Trenton, wrho alleges that the cause of his confinement, to the best of his knowdedge and belief, w'as a sentence imposed upon him by the governing body of the reformatory at Rah-way, in punishment for certain misdemeanors alleged to have been committed by him vdiile in prison in the state reformatory.

Section 4 of the Habeas Corpus act (Comp. Skit., p. 2641) provides that if the confinement or restraint is by virtue of any w'arrant,…