Legal Opinion

Ex parte Lamar

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 2, 1921PublishedCited by 45 opinions

At Law. On petition of David Lamar for writ of habeas corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner sues out this writ of habeas corpus, declaring that he is illegally restrained of his liberty. Heretofore, and on the 3d of December, 1914, he wás tried and convicted of the charge of impersonating a federal officer, an offense under the *161Criminal Code of the United States (Comp. St. § 10165 et seq.), before Hon. C. W. Sessions, District Judge, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. He appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and later to the Supreme Court. Ultimately this conviction was affirmed (240 U.…

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. United States v. SantoreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  3. Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
  4. Ex parte CraigCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. National Garment Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948

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