In re Sorenson
Michigan Supreme Court
In re Sorenson, 29 Mich. 475 (Mich. 1874)
1874 Mich. LEXIS 111
In re Sorenson
Opinion of the Court
held that'these proceedings before the justice are in their form civil and not criminal proceedings, and do not authorize a sentence to imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction under the act (Comp. L., § 8IBS) authorizing an imprisonment therein, under certain circumstances, of any person convicted of any crime or misdemeanor not punishable by imprisonment in the state prison; and that aside from said statute, a justice of the peace of Manistee county has no authority to sentence to imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction.
Prisoner discharged.
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- In the matter of John Sorenson
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- Published