In re of Morton
Michigan Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus. The petition set forth, that on April 26th, .1862, the following complaint was made, and filed with W. W. Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace of Ionia county: ‘■'■State of Michigan, County of Ionia, ss.: Alexander F. Bell, being duly sworn, says, that he is a resident of the township of Ionia, in said county, and that he verily believes that Giles B. Conkey did, at the township of Ionia aforesaid, between the fifteenth day of April, 1862, and the twenty-sixth day…
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Habeas Corpus. The petition set forth, that on April 26th, .1862, the following complaint was made, and filed with W. W. Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace of Ionia county: ‘■'■State of Michigan, County of Ionia, ss.: Alexander F. Bell, being duly sworn, says, that he is a resident of the township of Ionia, in said county, and that he verily believes that Giles B. Conkey did, at the township of Ionia aforesaid, between the fifteenth day of April, 1862, and the twenty-sixth day of April, 1862, sell intoxicating liquors, in violation of an act entitled “An Act to prevent the Manufacture and Sale…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court
held the complaint not sufficient' to confer jurisdiction. The statute (§ 1667) provides that, whenever a complainant is required to state facts and circumstances for the information of the court or magistrate to whom the complaint is made, and the complainant shall be unable, of his own knowledge, to state sufficient facts and circumstances to authorize the issuing of a warrant, the court or magistrate may, after the making of such complaint, issue subpmnas for the attendance of witnesses to testify concerning such facts and circumstances. This language *210does not authorize the making…
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