Case Name: In re SNYDER
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1895-12-30
Citations: 108 Mich. 48
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re SNYDER.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 48–48

Head Matter:
In re SNYDER.
Constitutional Law — Title to Aot.
Act. No. 99, Pub. Acts 1889 (8 How. Stat. § 9314d), entitled “ An act to provide for the punishment of crimes in certain cases,” which makes it a felony to take indecent liberties with male children, is in violation of section 20, art. 4, of the Constitution, requiring the object of an act to be expressed in its title.
Habeas corptis by Leonard W. Snyder to inquire into the cause of his detention by George E. Mallory, sheriff of St. Clair county.
Submitted November 19, 1895.
Prisoner discharged December 30, 1895.
Thomas H. Murphy (James A. Muir, of counsel), for petitioner.
Fred A. Maynard, Attorney General, Lincoln A.very, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph Walsh, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.

Opinion:
Hooker, J.
The petitioner is confined by reason of his conviction under Act 99-of the Public Acts of 1889, being section 9314c? of 3 How. Stat., 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 prisoner will be discharged.
The other Justices concurred.