Wise v. Henkel
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court on appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States in a habeas corpus proceeding, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
This case is disposed of by the opinion delivered in Wise v. Mills, just decided, ante, p. 549. It thus arose:
The district attorney on his committal for contempt in refusing to obey the order directing him to return certain books and papers, on being taken into custody sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and from the judgment discharging the writ prosecuted this appeal The petition in habeas corpus after averring the facts as we have stated them in the opinion in Wise v. Mills, alleged that the commitment for contempt was based ■ “solely and exclusively on an order of this court made and filed…
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