In re Craig
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
In the matter of the application of Edward Graig for a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Gircuit Judge.
The applicaiion for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Edward Graig is not “signed by the person for whose relief it is intended,” as section 754 of the Revised Statutes requires; neither does the petition for the writ affirmatively show that the application is made at his instance or request. This fact, alone, would justify a refusal of the writ; but, inasmuch as the application is probably made with the full knowledge of the prisoner, and as there is no reason to doubt that his signature to the petition *970could be readily obtained, I have deemed it expedient to…
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