New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) Writs of Habeas Corpus
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Arrangement
Chronological by year.
Administrative History
The writ of habeas corpus ("you have the body") ordered a lower court or public officer to bring a defendant into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The writ was issued to transfer a defendant and a case from a lower court, with proceedings commencing anew in the Supreme Court; to inquire into the cause of detention of an individual; and for other purposes.
Scope and Content Note
Almost all the writs of habeas corpus in this series were directed to the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York (known as the Mayor's Court, since that official or his designee presided). The writ required that an imprisoned debtor be delivered to the Supreme Court of Judicature, and the writ transferred the case in which the debtor was the defendant to that court's jurisdiction. One writ issued during the War of 1812 was directed to the keeper of the New York City jail. It ordered him to produce defendants charged with treason, and to state the cause of their detention. A Supreme Court justice freed the defendants.
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J1029 New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Writs of Habeas Corpus
J1025 New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Writs of Certiorari, Error, Habeas Corpus, and Mandamus
JN552 New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) Writs of Procedendo.
Acquisition Information
These records were transferred by the New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration in 2017.
Custodial History
Collection was assembled from several locations in the New York County Clerk's Office by staff of the Unified Court System.
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1800-1816 | 2 |