Legal Opinion

Castle v. Lewis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 4, 1918No. Nos. 5073, 5074PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Petitions by D. F. Castle and by Sam W. Tulk for writs of habeas corpus and for a discharge from the custody of Seth M. Lewis, Sheriff of Osage County, Okl. From judgments dismissing and denying the petitions, petitioners appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments of Hon. John H. Cotteral, United States District Judge, that the petitions of D. F. Castle and Sam W. Tulk, for writs of habeas corpus and for a discharge from the custody of Seth M. Lewis, sheriff of Osage county, Okl., be dismissed and denied.

An information was filed in the district court of Osage county by the county attorney of that county, which charged that Castle, Tulk, and William Bryant, on April 25, 1917, shot and murdered Charles Mosier. Castle and Tulk had been arrested and arraigned, had pleaded not guilty, and, in default…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Ex Parte SieboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. In Re NeagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. In Re LoneySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Ohio v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. United States v. KaplanDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1923
  2. Petition of Lloyd Clifton for a Writ of Habeas Corpus v. Gene Cox, Sheriff of Humboldt County, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  3. In Re McShane's PetitionDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1964
  4. Brown v. CainDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945

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