United States v. Dillin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
This is an appeal by the government .from a judgment of the Circuit Court discharging the appellee, Joseph W. Dillin, under a writ of habeas corpus, from imprisonment under a warrant of distress issued by the .Solicitor of the Treasury. The said Dillin was for several years prior to June 30, 1907, the surveyor of customs for the port of Nashville, Tenn. At that date his term of office expired, and his successor qualified and took charge of the office. As a result of an examination of Dillin’s accounts, it was ascertained in September, 1907, that he was indebted to the…
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