In Re Lancaster
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. No number. This was a motion for leave to file the following petition for a writ of habeas, corpus. To the Honorable, The Supreme Court of the United States: The petition of Wright Lancaster, Jno. K. Lancaster, Henry Lancaster, Jas.
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ORIGINAL. No number. This was a motion for leave to file the following petition for a writ of habeas, corpus. To the Honorable, The Supreme Court of the United States: The petition of Wright Lancaster, Jno. K. Lancaster, Henry Lancaster, Jas. Moore, Lewis Knight aod Luther A.- Hall respectfully showeth that each and every of them are citizens of the United States of America, and that the liberty of each and every of them is now restrained, and that each and every of them are now in the custody of Walter P. Corbett, the United States marshal for the Southern District of Georgia, and are by him…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The petitioners were indicted under sections 5508 and 5509 of the Revised Statutes, on the 20th of November, 1890, in the Circuit Court for the Southern ‘District of Georgia, and have been taken into custody. They have not invoked the action of the Circuit Court upon the sufficiency of the indictment by a motion to quash or otherwise, but ask leave to file in this court a petition for a writ'of habeas corpus, upon the ground that the matters and things set forth and charged do not constitute any offence or offences under the laws of the United States, or cognizable in the Circuit Court, and…
2Cited by21 opinions
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