In re Snyder

• Citation: 65 N.W. 562,108 Mich. 48
• Court: Supreme Court of Michigan
• Decision Date: 30 December 1895
• Parties: IN RE SNYDER.

65 N.W. 562

108 Mich. 48

IN RE SNYDER.

Supreme Court of Michigan

December 30, 1895

Original application by Leonard W. Snyder for a writ of habeas corpus. Writ granted, and petitioner discharged.

Thomas W. Butler and Thomas H. Murphy, for petitioner.

Lincoln Avery and Joseph Walsh, for respondent sheriff of St. Clair county.

HOOKER, J.

The petitioner is confined by reason of his conviction under Act 99 of the Public Acts of 1889, being section 9314d of 3 How. Ann. St., ^[1] entitled "An act to provide for the punishment of crimes in certain cases." This act created a felony. Its title gives no hint as to the character of the act to be punished, and therefore fails to comply with the provisions of section 20 of article 4 of the constitution, requiring the object of the act to be expressed in its title. The petitioner will be discharged. The other justices concurred.

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Notes:

^[1] 3 How. Ann. St. � 9314d, provides, in effect, that any person over 16 years of age who shall entice any male person under the age of 14 years into any secret place for the purpose of taking any indecent liberties with him, shall be guilty of a felony.

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