Ex parte Look
District Court, N.D. California
On Habeas Corpus. The petitioner, Lee Look, was convicted in one of the superior courts of tbe state of California of the crime of murder, and thereupon sentenced to suffer tbe penalty of death. This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of tbe state, and from this judgment a writ of error was taken to tbe Supreme Court of the United States.
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On Habeas Corpus. The petitioner, Lee Look, was convicted in one of the superior courts of tbe state of California of the crime of murder, and thereupon sentenced to suffer tbe penalty of death. This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of tbe state, and from this judgment a writ of error was taken to tbe Supreme Court of the United States. The writ of error was dismissed by that court, but for what reason does not appear, and thereupon tbe petitioner filed bis petition in the District Court of tbe United States for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus,…
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
Petitioner herein has filed his petition for an order allowing an appeal from the order of this court denying his application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The case as presented is in principle the same as that of In re Durrant (C. C.) 84 Fed. 314-317, and, following the rule therein announced, the petition for an order allowing an appeal is denied.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re DurrantU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1897