 We are here confronted with a decision whose basic premise is that these prisoners are entitled, as a constitutional right, to sue in some court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus. To support that assumption we must hold that a prisoner...  Presidential Problems - Seite 115von Grover Cleveland - 1904 - 281 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Nathan Dane - 1829 - 956 Seiten
...contempt, by the circuit 45, Kearney's cc,urt for tjje district of Columbia. Jones moved the supreme court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus to bring Kearney up. The court held it had power so to do, where a person is imprisoned under a warrant... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1884 - 736 Seiten
...question put to him as a witness on the trial of an indictment in that court, applied to the supreme court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus to test the validity of his commitment. The writ was denied. Judge Story, who drew up the opinion of the... | |
 | Rollin Carlos Hurd - 1858 - 714 Seiten
...; Wharton St. Tr., 457. " After the commitment by Judge Betts, the prisoner applied to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus to review the action of the district judge. The application was denied on the ground that that court had... | |
 | 1863 - 286 Seiten
...of Ohio. Cincinnati, 0., May 11, 1863. The application on my behalf, on May 9, 1863, to the Circuit Court of the United States, for a writ of Habeas Corpus to release me from illegal military custody, was made by Hon. George E. Pugh at my express instance and... | |
 | 1878 - 560 Seiten
...action of the President. 1 Edmond's Select Cases, 399. An application was then made to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus, to review the action of Judge Betts ; and the court, upon hearing the case, refused to grant the writ,... | |
 | Grafton and Coös Bar Association - 1898 - 692 Seiten
...that all the defendants except one had violated the injunction, and sentenced them to imprisonment in the county jail for terms varying from three to six months, and they were committed to jail. In this connection it is interesting to note the evolution of the... | |
 | Christopher Stuart Patterson - 1888 - 334 Seiten
...state a fugitive from the justice of that state. 2 88. An alleged fugitive from justice may petition a court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his detention, but as the responsibility of determining whether or not... | |
 | Henry Budd, Ardemus Stewart - 1896 - 828 Seiten
...and on December 14th these petitioners were found guilty of contempt, and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for terms varying from three to six months : 64 Fed. Rep. 724. Having been committed to jail in pursuance of this order, they, on January 14,... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 702 Seiten
...Court, and on December 14, these petitioners were found guilty of contempt and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for terms varying from three to six months. Having been committed to jail, they on January 14, 1895, applied to this court for a writ of error... | |
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