In re Eaton

Apr 10, 1873
Reporters:
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Per Curiam.

The prisoner is in confinement in the ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍house of correction, under sentence for larceny from the person. Petition was presented for a ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍writ of habeas corpus, to test the sufficiency of the information on which she was convicted. The ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍court held that this would be to make the writ of habeas corpus take the place ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍of a writ of error, which was not an allowable use of the process, and ‍‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‍consequently they denied the prayer of the petition.