Lambert v. Barrett
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, denying the petition of Theodore Lambert for a writ of habeas corpus.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, denying the petition of Theodore Lambert for a writ of habeas corpus. It appeared from the petition that Lambert was convicted by the verdict of a jury, June 15, 1894, of the murder of William Kairer, in the court of oyer and. terminer and general jail delivery of Camden County, New Jersey, and sentenced, October 13. to be hanged on December 13,1894; that on the fourth of December the governor of New…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chief J ustice Fullee,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
By section 766 of the Revised Statutes, where an appeal from the final, decision of a Circuit Court of the United States, denying the writ of habeas corpus to a person alleging restraint of- his liberty by state authority in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, is “in process of bping heard and determined,” any proceeding against such person in respect of the matter under consideration is to be deemed null and void. As no order staying proceedings under state authority is made a…
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