Rogers v. Peck
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE. DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . ’ FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT. The appellant, Mary Mabel Rogers, having been convicted and sentenced in the county court of Bennington in the State of Vermont of the crime of murder in the first degree, filed her petition on June 19, 1905, for a writ of habeas corpus against the sheriff and superintendent of the stake- prison, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Vermont.
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APPEAL FROM THE. DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . ’ FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT. The appellant, Mary Mabel Rogers, having been convicted and sentenced in the county court of Bennington in the State of Vermont of the crime of murder in the first degree, filed her petition on June 19, 1905, for a writ of habeas corpus against the sheriff and superintendent of the stake- prison, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Vermont. The petition, having been heard, was. denied on June 22, 1905. From that order an appeal was taken to this court. The conviction of appellant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
For the reversal of the judgment and order of the District Court of the United States, discharging the writ and remanding her to the custody of the Vermont authorities, appellant relies upon the following specifications of error:
“First. Because the petitioner was and is deprived of her liberty by the State, and subjected to the punishment of solitary confinement without any statute authorizing such punishment, and without any sentence of any court directing such punishment, and therefore without due process of law.
“Second. Because the Supreme Court of Vermont, having taken jurisdiction of the…
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