Benjamin D. Greene v. William Henkel
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This case is brought here by the appellants for the purpose of obtaining a review of the order pf the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York denying their application for a writ of habeas corpus.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This case is brought here by the appellants for the purpose of obtaining a review of the order pf the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York denying their application for a writ of habeas corpus. The proceeding which led up to the application for the writ was commenced under section 1014 of the Revised Statutes, which reads as follows : “ For any crime or offence against the United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United States, or by an}' commissioner…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
It will be noted that the proceeding leading up to the warrant for the removal of the defendants to Georgia for trial ivas inaugurated in the Southern District of New York by the sworn deposition of an assistant of the United States district attorney for the Southern District of New York, in which deposition it was alleged that an indictment had been found against the defendants in the United States District Court in Georgia, a certified copy of which indictment was attached to and made a part of the deposition. Upon the written charge thus made, the United States commissioner in New York…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bryant v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Greene v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1902