In re Ferrier
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mason B. Loomis, Judge, presiding. Appellee filed a petition in the county court of Cook county, under section 3 of “An act to aid industrial schools for girls, ” approved May 29, 1879. (Laws 1879, p. 309.) The petition set forth that Winifred Breen, the appellant, was a girl nine years old; had repeatedly been picked up by the police and others while wandering about the streets at night; was a truant from school, and had…
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mason B. Loomis, Judge, presiding. Appellee filed a petition in the county court of Cook county, under section 3 of “An act to aid industrial schools for girls, ” approved May 29, 1879. (Laws 1879, p. 309.) The petition set forth that Winifred Breen, the appellant, was a girl nine years old; had repeatedly been picked up by the police and others while wandering about the streets at night; was a truant from school, and had not proper parental care, and was in imminent danger of ruin and harm, etc. Three witnesses testified as to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
'It is insisted that the law under which the proceeding was had is unconstitutional—first, as being in violation of the Bill of Bights as to personal liberty, in respect of the provision that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, and The People v. Turner, 55 Ill. 280, is relied upon as being a decisive authority in favor of appellant in this respect." That was an application by the father of a boy tor a writ of habeas corpus to the superintendent of the “reform school” of Chicago, to free the boy from an alleged illegal restraint of his liberty,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Milwaukee Industrial School v. Supervisors of Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Ross v. IrvingIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
- People ex rel. O'Connell v. TurnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Roth v. House of RefugeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
3Cited by56 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People Ex Rel. Wallace v. LabrenzIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
- Morgan v. Parents of M.M.Illinois Supreme Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Van Matre v. SankeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
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