In Re Rahrer
Supreme Court of the United States
AUREAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. This was an application for a writ of habeas corpus made to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas by Charles A. Rahrer, who alleged in his petition that he was illegally and wrongfully restrained of his liberty by John M. 'Wilkerson, sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas, in violation of the Constitution of the United States.
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AUREAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. This was an application for a writ of habeas corpus made to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas by Charles A. Rahrer, who alleged in his petition that he was illegally and wrongfully restrained of his liberty by John M. 'Wilkerson, sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas, in violation of the Constitution of the United States. The writ was issued, and return having been made thereto, the cause was heard on the following agreed statement of facts: “ It is understood and agreed by and between…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The power of the State to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation'and promotion of the public health, good order and prosperity, is a power originally and always belonging to the States, not surrendered by them to the general government nor directly restrained by the Constitution of ■ the United States, and essentially exclusive..
And this court has uniformly recognized state legislation, legitimately for police purposes, as not in the sense of the Constitution necessarily infringing upon any right which has been confided expressly or by implication to the…
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