Seavey v. Seymour
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maine. [These were actions by John T. Seavey. father of John E. Seavey, against T. Seymour, military commander at Fort Preble, and William Iv. Harrington, father of Charles W. Harrington, against the same defendant. Heard on petitions for writ of habeas corpus.]
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
Provision is made, by section 14 of the judiciary act, that either of the justices of the supreme court, as well as the judges of the district courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus “where a person is imprisoned, or restrained of his liberty,” for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment; but the same section provides that the writ “shall in no ease extend to prisoners in jail, unless when they are in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or are committed for trial before some court of the same, or are…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- In re ChapmanU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1889
- United States ex rel. Deming v. HanchettUnited States Circuit Court · 1883