State ex rel. Johnson v. Becht
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of habeas corpus, issued from this court, and directed to the respondent as sheriff of Ramsey county, who made return that he held the petitioner under the commitment mentioned in the opinion, a copy of which was annexed to the return, in which commitment the proceedings mentioned iii the opinion are fully recited, as well as the fiict made to appear to the district court that there was no common jail in Wright county. To this return the petitioner demurred,
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
The relator, having been found guilty of bastardy, on a trial in the district court for Wright county, *2was thereupon adjudged to be the father of a bastard child, and charged with its maintenance in a sum specified in the judgment, together with the costs of prosecution, and ordered to enter into a bond for the performance of the judgment, pursuant to the provisions of Gen. St. c. 17, § 7. Neglecting and refusing to give the required bond, he was committed to the jail of Ramsey county, and is now held under such process of commitment.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lower v. WallickIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
- State v. JagerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
- Ex parte TeagueIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Denzer v. PrendergastSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- State v. JeffreySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Skaggs v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1922
- Wojahn v. HalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
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