Morse v. Brown, Sheriff
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of habeas corpus to determine the legality of the plaintiff’s imprisonment, brought to the Superior Court in New London County where a demurrer to the defendant’s return was overruled {Shumway, J.) and judgment rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
The complaint, upon which the writ of habeas corpus was issued, alleges that the plaintiff was unlawfully imprisoned by the defendant, sheriff of New London county. In his return the defendant alleges that he holds the plaintiff in the New London county jail by virtue of a mittimus directed to him, setting forth that at a term of the Criminal Court of Common Pleas held at New London county the plaintiff was “convicted of the crime of unlawfully keeping and maintaining a house reputed to be a house of ill-fame, and which is reputed to be resorted to for the purposes of prostitution and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lokes v. KondrotasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- State v. MauriskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. MalenaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1967
- Morse v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1913