Case Name: In the matter of Mary Eaton
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1873-04-10
Citations: 27 Mich. 1
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the matter of Mary Eaton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 1–1

Head Matter:
In the matter of Mary Eaton.
Habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus will not be granted to review a final judgment in an ordinary criminal cause, for errors which are properly reviewable by writ of error, and where that writ is an adequate remedy.
Heard April 9.
Decided April 10,
Application for habeas corpus..
F. A. Baker, for petitioner.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The prisoner is in confinement in the house of correction, under sentence for larceny from the person. Petition was presented for a writ of habeas corpus, to test the sufficiency of the information on which she was convicted. The court held that this would be to make the writ of habeas corpus take the place of a writ of error, which was not an allowable use of the process, and consequently they denied the prayer of the petition.