In re Sorenson
In re Sorenson
29 Mich. 475; 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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