United States Ex Rel. Drury v. Lewis
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ralph W. Deuby and John Dowd were indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on two counts, the first charging them with murder, and the second with manslaughter, in the homicide of one William H. Crowley, September 10, 1903. They were admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000 each, and.having been subsequently surrendered, obtained a writ of…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ralph W. Deuby and John Dowd were indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on two counts, the first charging them with murder, and the second with manslaughter, in the homicide of one William H. Crowley, September 10, 1903. They were admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000 each, and.having been subsequently surrendered, obtained a writ of habeas corpus frorn the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The case on' the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In Baker v. Grice, 169 U. S. 284, 290, an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, in habeas corpus, it was said :
“The court below had jurisdiction to issue the writ and to decide the questions which were argued before it. Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241; Whitten v. Tomlinson, 160 U. S. 231. In the latter case most of the prior authorities are mentioned. From these cases it clearly appears,- as the settled and proper procedure, that while Circuit Courts of the United States have ' jurisdiction, under the circumstances set forth…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- In Re NeagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Baker v. GriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Whitten v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- In Re LoneySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by91 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States Ex Rel. Kennedy v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Urquhart v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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