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Mitchell v. Dexter

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 27, 1917No. 1286PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Frederic Dodge, Judge. Habeas corpus by Alvin S. Dexter against John J. Mitchell, United States Marshal. From a decree discharging the petitioner, the respondent appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

The questions in this case arise on the petition of Alvin S. Dexter, of Manchester, in the district of Massachusetts, for a writ of habeas corpus. In the court below a writ of habeas corpus was issued and the marshal marie liis return, in which he set forth that he arrested and took Dexter into custody by virtue of process issued by the District Court of the United Slates for the Eastern district oí Wisconsin, a copy of which he annexed thereto.

By the writ it appears that the process was issued from the District Court for the Eastern district of Wisconsin, directed to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. McClellan v. CarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  3. Toland v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  4. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1847
  5. In re KahnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Weinberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  2. William H. De Parcq v. The United States District Court for Southern District of Iowa and the Honorable William F. Riley, as Judge ThereofCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
  3. Kentucky Fried Chicken of Morgantown, Inc. v. SellaroWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. United States v. Lowell B. MarchantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. BeardDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1954

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