Legal Opinion
In re Mason
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided September 8, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions
At Law. On petition for habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtNelson, J.
On August 28, 1890, a 'petition was presented to me signed by John H. Mason for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition is sworn-to, and states in substance that said Mason was imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by J. C. Donahower, who is the United States marshal of the district of Minnesota; and that the cause of such confinement or restraint is a certain pretended warrant or order, issued by R. R. Odell, as United States circuit court commissioner, within and for the district of Minnesota, directing the said Donahower, as marshal, to arrest the petitioner for contempt in not obeying an…
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