 | John Downey Works - 1894 - 956 pages
...limited to cases where the prisoner is confined in violation of some law or treaty of the United States, or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or under some other circumstances which will bring the case within some principle upon which the federal... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1894 - 470 pages
...that the party seeking the beneftt of the writ of habeas corpus must in this connection show that he is " in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States," makes it necessary that upon this occasion it should be shown that the act for which Neagle is imprisoned... | |
 | 1894 - 956 pages
...into the cause of the imprisonment of the petitioner, and if, upon such inquiry, he is found to be " in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States," he is entitled to be discharged, no matter from whom or under what authority the process under which... | |
 | Theodore William Dwight - 1894 - 940 pages
...inquiry into the cause of restraint in specified cases. One of these is, where being in jail the prisoner is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States.6 The statute confers both upon the Circuit Court and the Supreme Court, the power to issue... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 762 pages
...States to issue writs of habeas corpus of prisoners in jail has been extended to the case of any person in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order or process of a court or judge thereof ; or in custody in violation of the Constitution, or of a law... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 768 pages
...States to issue writs of habeas corpus of prisoners in jail has been extended to the case of any person in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order or process of a court or judge thereof ; or in custody in violation of the Constitution, or of a law... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1896 - 392 pages
...the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof. (2) When he is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States,4 or of an order, process, or decree of a court or Judge thereof. (3) When he is in custody... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1897 - 860 pages
...extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some...a law or treaty of the United States, or, being a citizen or subject of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, is in custody for an act done or omitted... | |
 | John William Burgess - 1897 - 582 pages
...power to grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases where persons were in confinement for acts done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of any United States court or judge ; for empowering the United States marshals, under direction of the... | |
 | United States - 1897 - 1176 pages
...2, 'iras, с. s-,' act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United F.-iV.s.'iswü'r.'zí,' States, or of an order, process, or decree of a court or judge AnV'»!1!»«.8^ thereof; or is in custody in violation of the Constitution orfjj»'.-8' *' v' 5' '"'... | |
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... is in custody under or by color of the authority - of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States... 
