In re Kaminsky

Petitioner, having been found to be the father of an illegitimate child, was ordered to pay certain money for its support, and to give bond to the superintendents of the poor of Wayne county to indemnify them against the infant’s becoming a charge on the county. The order further required him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction of Detroit till he should give such bond or be legally discharged. This confinement is claimed to be illegal.

The House of Correction is a prison for the confinement of persons convicted of offenses. No one can be received into it except in pursuance of some…