People v. Quimby
New York County Courts
Habeas Corpus to inquire into the cause of relator’s detention.
1Opinion of the CourtNiemann, J.
The relator is imprisoned in the Hassau county jail by virtue of a commitment made by a justice of the peace in the town of Hempstead, in said county, on the charge of having been intoxicated in a public street in said town contrary to law; and it appears by said commitment that he was examined, tried and convicted before said justice, and that it was adjudged by said justice that he be imprisoned in said jail of said county for the term of thirty days. The said relator has sued out a writ of habeas corpus and a writ of certiorari and demands his discharge from said imprisonment on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Tweed v. . LiscombNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Bigelow v. StearnsNew York Supreme Court · 1821
- Staples v. . FairchildNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- People Ex Rel. Allen v. . HaganNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Latham v. EdgertonNew York Supreme Court · 1828
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People v. De Luigi, New York County Courts1955
- People v. Jacobs, New York County Courts1956
- People v. Foote, New York County Courts1932
- People v. Pagano, New York County Courts1954
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