Hughes v. Cashin

Petitioner, an attorney, in this proceeding entitled in the name of his client, seeks an order in the nature of mandamus to compel William Cashin, Superintendent of the Hew York State Vocational Institution, at Coxsackie, H. Y., to permit him to confer privately with an inmate, Allen Leroy Hughes, confined therein under sentence. He urges that he be permitted to consult with his client without the hearing of a guard or any other person, and further for such other relief in the premises as may seem just and proper to the court.

It is elementary law to obtain relief by mandamus that an applicant…