United States ex rel. Cunningham v. Mathues

DICKINSON, District Judge.

We have entitled this cause as above. There are in form three proceedings:(1) Hearing by the court sitting as a committing magistrate under R. S. § 1014 (18 USCA § 591).(2) Motion for warrant of removal.(3) Hearing upon writ of habeas corpus.

For the convenience of the court and of Counsel and parties, it was arranged that the court should sit as a committing magistrate, and as such would determine all questions which might be raised in any one or all of the *273proceedings listed. If the court was of opinion that the defendant should not be held for trial, no other steps…