United States v. Watkins
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
The defendant, having been arrested upon three writs of ca. sa. at the suit of the United States, returnable on the first day of the present term, was brought into Court on that day, upon the motion of 4.he Attorney of the United States for this District, and by him prayed in commitment.
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The defendant, having been arrested upon three writs of ca. sa. at the suit of the United States, returnable on the first day of the present term, was brought into Court on that day, upon the motion of 4.he Attorney of the United States for this District, and by him prayed in commitment. The defendant, at the same time, moved the Court to quash the writs, and to be discharged from custody, under the following circumstances, as stated by the Chief Judge in delivering the opinion of the Court. On the 14th of August, 1829, the defendant having been convicted on three indictments for misdemeanor…
1Opinion of the CourtCranch, C. J.
con.) as^follows : — .
When the marshal, upon the return of a ca. sa., brings into Court the body of the defendant, and the plaintiff prays him in e commitment, the order to commit is made of course, unless cause to the contrary be shown. The counsel for the defendant, therefore, were called upon to show cause.
The questions, involved in this discussion, have been fully and ably argued, and the Court has attentively considered the authorities cited, and traced them to their sources, as far as the means they have had, and the intervals between the daily sessions of the Court would permit.
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