Levy v. Splain
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Habeas corpus proceeding by Barnett Levy against Maurice Splain, United States Marshal in and for the District of Columbia. From a judgment remanding him to the custody of the marshal, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Barnett Levy, the appellant, was indicted by the grand jury of the commonwealth of Massachusetts for having conspired on the 1st day of January, 1918, with several persons named, to steal the property of divers persons unknown to the grand jurors. *334Pursuant to the requisition of the Governor, of Massachusetts, Levy was arrested in this District by United States Marshal Splain, as a fugitive from the justice of that state, upon a warrant issued by Mr. Justice Bailey, Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. While in the custody of the marshal,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. KisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hyatt v. People Ex Rel. CorkranSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Ellison v. SplainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
- Ex parte MontgomeryDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917
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