Robertson v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF. CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from a judgment of the District Gourt for the Northern District of California,'rendered August 5, 1895, dismissing a writ of Habeas corpus issued upon the petition of Robert Robertson, P. H. Olsen, John Bradley arid Morris Hansen.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF. CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from a judgment of the District Gourt for the Northern District of California,'rendered August 5, 1895, dismissing a writ of Habeas corpus issued upon the petition of Robert Robertson, P. H. Olsen, John Bradley arid Morris Hansen. The petition set forth, in substance, that the pétitioners were unlawfully restrained of their liberty by Barry Baldwin, marshal for the Northern District óf California, in the county jail of Alameda County, by virtue of an order of commitment riiade by a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
delivered the opinión óf the court;
Upon what ground the court below dismissed the writ, and remanded the petitioners, does not appear, but the record raises two questions of some importance. First, as 4o the •constitutionality of Rev. Stht. §§ 4598 and^4599, in so far as .they confer jurisdiction upon justices of the peace to apprehend deserting seamen, and return them to their vessel; ■Second, as to the conflict of, the same sections and also § 4596 with the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, •abolishing slavery and. involuntary servitude.
Section 4598, which was taken from § 7 of the…
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