Storti v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ■ On May 23,1901, the appellant filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts his petition in habeas corpus.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ■ On May 23,1901, the appellant filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts his petition in habeas corpus. In that petition he stated that he was a citizen of Italy, and a subject of its King; that he was detained by the respondent under a warrant issued by the superior court of Suffolk County, reciting a conviction of murder, and directing the warden to inflict death by passing a current of electricity through him; that the time fixed for the execution of the sentence…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The grounds set forth in this petition for a discharge by the Federal court of the petitioner from the custody of the warden are wholly without foundation, and the case is another of the numerous instances in which, as said by Mr. Chief Justice Fuller, in Craemer v. Washington State, 168 U. S. 124, 128:
“Applications for the writ have been made, and appeals taken from refusals to grant it, quite destitute of meritorious grounds, and operating only to delay the administration of justice.”
It is an attempt to substitute a writ of habeas corpus for a writ of error, and to review the proceedings in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baker v. GriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Tinsley v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Chappell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Craemer v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Matter of GregorySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Rogers v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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