Lockington's Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Habeas Corpus, returnable before the chief justice, directed to Joseph Cornman, keeper of the debtors apartment of the prison of the city and county of Philadelphia, commanding him to produce the body of Charles Lockington, by him detained in prison. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the chief justice.
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
— From the return to this writ of habeas corpus, and the evidence which has been produced, it appears, that Charles Lockington, who is a subject of the British king, came into the United States before the declaration of war, and has never been naturalized. His business was connected with commerce; and on the 18th of July, 1812, he reported himself to John Smith, marshal of the district of Pennsylvania, as an alien, and British subject. On the 19th of March, 1813, he applied, as an alien enemy, for the marshal’s passport, to repair to Lancaster, which was granted; and, at his own request,…
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