People ex rel. Sweeney v. Fallon

Headnote

(1.) Bail pending trial.

Section 553, providing that a defendant may be admitted to bail before being convicted, such privilege being a matter of right if the offense be a misdemeanor, when read in connection with section 422, which provides that' when a defendant who has given bail appears for trial, the court may, in its own discretion and at any time after he appears for trial, order that he be committed to the custody of the proper court officer, held not to give a person who has been indicted for a misdemeanor an absolute right to remain at large on bail after the commencement of his trial. On the contrary, the trial court has an absolute discretion to commit him to custody during the trial.

Bail — Right to Release on Bail During Trial.

Code Or. Proe. § 553, providing that a defendant may be admitted to bail before conviction as a matter of right in cases of misdemeanor, when read in connection with section 422, providing that, when a defendant who has given bail appears for trial, the court may in its discretion, at any time after his appearance for trial, order him to be committed to the custody of the proper officer to abide the judgment or further order of the court, does not give a person indicted for a misdemeanor an absolute right to remain at large on bail after his trial has commenced; but, on the contrary, the trial court has an absolute discretion to commit him to custody.

Four habeas corpus proceedings by the People, on relation, respectively, of Dennis Sweeney, of John J. Murtha, of James E. Hussey, and of James F. Thompson, against John J. Fallon,

as Warden, to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment or restraint of relators,

Writ dismissed.