McMicking v. Schields

Citations

• 238 U.S. 99
• 35 S. Ct. 665
• 59 L. Ed. 1220
• 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1647

Syllabus

<p>General Order No. 58, of April 23,1900, amended the Philippine Code of Criminal Procedure, and gave the person charged with crime a . specified time within which T;o”plead; but even if the trial court misconstrued the provisions of the Order in that respect, such error would not deprive the proceedings of lawful effect and enlarge the accused.</p> <p>Mere error of law, even though serious, committed by the trial court in a criminal case in the exercise of jurisdiction over a case properly subject to its cognizance, cannot be reviewed by habeas corpus.</p> <p>The writ of habeas corpus cannot be employed as a substitute for a writ of error.</p> <p>23 P. I. 526, reversed.</p>