Legal Opinion
In re Terrill
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1906No. 63PublishedCited by 7 opinions
On Application lor a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge,
orally announced the opinion of the court.
The prisoner seeks a discharge by a writ of habeas corpus from imprisonment in the jail at Perry in the territory of Oklahoma. He is held under a commitment issued by the district court of the territory of Oklahoma for the county of Noble, which recites that he was convicted on December '14, 1894, of the murder of one Embry on January 3, 1891. The function of a writ of habeas corpus is not to review the errors of the court that tried the prisoner, nor the irregularities that may have arisen in the proceedings resulting in his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. McBratneySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
3Cited by7 opinions
- Powell v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
- Aldredge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Hatchett v. Government of GuamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Sanders v. AldredgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Griffin v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
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