United States v. Bozaravitch
District Court, D. Alaska
On petition of the defendants in cause of United States v. Bozaravitch et al., held to answer before the grand jury at this term for a violation of section 49- of the codified laws of the United States by the United States commissioner and ex officio justice of the peace in and for Fairbanks precinct, for writ of habeas corpus. Petition denied.
1Opinion of the Court
LYONS, District Judge.
Another question submitted to me a few days ago is the matter of the petition of Bozaravitch et al. v. United States, for a writ of habeas corpus.
*38Bozaravitch and others were taken before the commissioner for this precinct for violating section 49 of the codified laws of the United States (35 Stat. 1088), which section penalizes the taking of timber from the public domain and selling it without the permission of the United States. On being taken before the commissioner for a preliminary hearing, the defendants asked for a trial on the ground that the commissioner, as…
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- Ex parte OatesDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1931
- Starklof v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936