Dallemagne v. Moisan
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP CALIFORNIA. This is an appeal on the part of the consul general of the Republic of France from the judgment of the District Court of the United'States for the Northern District of California, discharging the defendant Moisan -from imprisonment.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP CALIFORNIA. This is an appeal on the part of the consul general of the Republic of France from the judgment of the District Court of the United'States for the Northern District of California, discharging the defendant Moisan -from imprisonment. The proceeding arises on habeas corpus, to inquire into the validity of the detention of defendant in th’& city prison of San Francisco, in the State of California. -His application for the writ was .addressed to the District Court of the United States for the Northern…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
This case involves the construction of certain language in the eighth article of the consular convention between the United States and France, concluded on the twenty-third day of February, 1853, and proclaimed by the President of the United States on the twelfth day of August, 1853, the whole convention being still in full force and effect. 10 Stat. 992, 996. The article is reproduced in the margin.
The first objection made by the defendant is to the validity of the requisition of the consul general, because it was directed to the chief of police of San Francisco, he being an officer of the…
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