In re a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Sharp
Idaho Supreme Court
Original application by John Sharp for a writ of habeas corpus for the body of Hazel Sharp, alleged to be unlawfully detained and confined in the State Industrial Training School. Such acts as the delinquent children act of 1905 are criminal and violative of constitutional guaranties. (People v. Turner, 55 111. 28, 8 Am.
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Original application by John Sharp for a writ of habeas corpus for the body of Hazel Sharp, alleged to be unlawfully detained and confined in the State Industrial Training School. Such acts as the delinquent children act of 1905 are criminal and violative of constitutional guaranties. (People v. Turner, 55 111. 28, 8 Am. Rep. 645.) The act in question is in violation of art 10, secs. 20 and 21 of the constitution, in that it undertakes to limit the constitutional powers of the district courts and enlarge the constitutional powers of the probate court. The jurisdiction of probate courts is not…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
This is an application by the father of Hazel Sharp for a writ of habeas corpus to secure her dis*125charge from the Industrial Training School. Hazel Sharp is a girl of the age of fourteen years, and is now detained at the Idaho Industrial Training School at St. Anthony. It appears that she was committed by the probate judge of Blaine county on February 4, 1908, under the provisions of the act of March 2, 1905, entitled, “An act to provide for the care of delinquent children” (Sess. Laws 1905, p. 106). No question is made as to the regularity of the proceedings and commitment. The application is…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Ex parte LiddellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Mill v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1907
- Matter of KnowackNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Farnham v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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