People ex rel. Dickinson v. Van De Carr
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, William Dickinson, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of June, 1903, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus theretofore issued in the action and remanding the relator to the custody of the warden of the city prison.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The relator is an alderman of the city of New York. He has been held to bail and to appear at the Court of General Sessions upon a charge of violating section 72 of the Penal Code, which relates to bribery, by Justice Wyatt of the Court of Special Sessions ' sitting as magistrate. The warden returned the commitment of the magistrate under which he held the relator. It is in due form and appears to be valid. The relator traversed the return, claiming that the evidence upon which the commitment was based does not show that any crime has been committed ; and he annexed to his…
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