In re Bruce
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland
Writ of habeas corpus to release the petitioner, Thomas Bruce, held in custody under the warrant of the Governor of Maryland upon the demand of the Governor of New Jersey, and alleged to be a fugitive from justice of the state of New Jersey, where he had been indicted for the crime of bigamy.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit having reversed the former ruling of this court dismissing the writ (Bruce v. Rayner, 124 Fed. 481, 62 C. C. A. 501), it is now the duty of this court, upon the testimony which has been adduced before it, to determine whether the petitioner is a fugitive *391from justice, in the sense of the acts of Congress in relation to the interstate extradition of persons charged with crime, and in the sense of the proviso of the statute law of New Jersey excepting from the benefit of its statute of limitation in criminal cases…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ex Parte ReggelSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Streep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bruce v. RaynerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1903
3Cited by7 opinions
- McGowen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Ex Parte WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Bruce v. BryanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1905
- Jhirad v. FerrandinaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- United States v. Belimex Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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