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

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
In the matter of John Sorenson
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published