Ex parte Randolph
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
The petitioner, Robert B. Randolph, was brought into court by virtue of a writ of ha-beas corpus, directed to the marshal of the Eastern district of Virginia, requiring him to have the body of the petitioner, late acting purser of the United States frigate Constitution, and who was detained under the custody of the marshal, together with the cause of his being taken and detained, before the judges of this court.
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The petitioner, Robert B. Randolph, was brought into court by virtue of a writ of ha-beas corpus, directed to the marshal of the Eastern district of Virginia, requiring him to have the body of the petitioner, late acting purser of the United States frigate Constitution, and who was detained under the custody of the marshal, together with the cause of his being taken and detained, before the judges of this court. The writ was issued on' the 3d of December, 1833, and was made returnable on the following day. The marshal, in his return, stated that, before the service of the writ of habeas…
1Opinion of the Court
BARBOUR, District Judge.
This is a ha-beas corpus, issued by this court, upon the-application of Robert B. Randolph, alleging that he was imprisoned by the marshal of the Eastern district of Virginia, without lawful authority. The marshal returns as-the cause of the detainer of the party, a warrant of distress, issued by the solicitor of *251the treasury of the United States, against' Randolph, for a sum of money, stated in the warrant to be due from him to the United States, and which he has failed to pay in the maimer, and at the time required by law; which warrant was issued under the third…
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