Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Burke v. McLaughlin
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1912PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Habeas corpus proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtStapleton, J.
The relator is detained in the city prison.
He presented to the Special Term of the Supreme Court, sitting in the county in which he is detained, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of his imprisonment.
The defendant made a return that the relator was held pursuant to the order of the County Court of Kings county, in which an indictment presented by the Kings county grand *14jury had been filed, accusing the relator of the crime of murder in the first degree.
The relator traversed the return, stating that the commitment or order, as well as the indictment which formed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. . GlenNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- United States v. CoolidgeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1815
- People v. HulbutNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- Ex parte TayloeNew York Supreme Court · 1825
- People ex rel. Bungart v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Alzmann v. MaherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- People ex rel. Moore v. Warden of the City PrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People ex rel. Flinn v. BarrNew York Supreme Court · 1931
- People ex rel. Bullock v. Warden of the City PrisonNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- People v. ConklinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941