LaBelle v. Hancock

Revised Laws, chapter 369, section 2, gives the Supreme Court authority to issue writs of habeas corpus and other extraordinary writs but this original authority is not ordinarily exercised if the Superior Court has the opportunity to exercise concurrent jurisdiction. The “original authority of this court will be exercised only sparingly and in exceptional cases where its exercise by the Superior Court will cause undue hardship in delay' to meet an emergency or is a mere formality Nelson v. Morse, 91 N. H. 177, 178.

Treating the petition as an appeal from a previous denial of a petition for a…