Ex Parte Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. The following motion ivas- made in this case: Now comes the petitioner, by- his counsel, and.-moves this ' honorable court for leave to file petition praying for the issue of the writ of habeas corpus and for certiorari, and submits thereon the accompanying brief.
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ORIGINAL. The following motion ivas- made in this case: Now comes the petitioner, by- his counsel, and.-moves this ' honorable court for leave to file petition praying for the issue of the writ of habeas corpus and for certiorari, and submits thereon the accompanying brief. And it appearing that said petitioner is now under- sentence of death, and his counsel being advised that execution of such sentence is fixed for the 25th day of March, instant, the speedy action of this honorable court in the premises is earnestly prayed. Respectfully submitted. A. T. BRITTON, A. B. BROWNE, J. K. TOOLE,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This motion is denied.. This court has no jurisdiction for ' the discharge on habeas corpus of a person imprisoned under the sentence of a territorial court in a criminal case, unless the sentence exceeds the jurisdiction of that court, or there is no authority to hold him under the sentence. Ex parte Wilson, 114 U. S. 417, 420, and the cases there cited. The fact that a law of the. territory allowed an alien who had declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States to sit on a grand jury, and that an-alien did- in fact sit on the jury that found the indictment against this'…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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