Legal Opinion

In re Keller

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided November 20, 1888PublishedCited by 20 opinions

On Petition for Habeas Corpus. Petition for habeas corpus by Siegmund Keller, who was under the custody of the sheriff of Ramsey county, Minn., by virtue of a warrant issued by the governor. Keller was arrested on a requisition by the governor of Wisconsin, to answer a charge of embezzlement.

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On Petition for Habeas Corpus. Petition for habeas corpus by Siegmund Keller, who was under the custody of the sheriff of Ramsey county, Minn., by virtue of a warrant issued by the governor. Keller was arrested on a requisition by the governor of Wisconsin, to answer a charge of embezzlement. The affidavit upon which the requisition was made alleged that said Keller, as the servant and employe of A. Blade, Son & Co., “did have the. care, cus--tody, and possession of a certain sum of money, to-wit, the sum of $702.19, of*the moneys of said A. Blade, Son & Co., and the said money did then and…

1Opinion of the Court

NelsoN, J.,

(orally.) In the case of Siegmund Keller, before me under a writ of habeas corpus, after due consideration, I have arrived at a decision which I am prepared to render this morning. The case arises under sections 5278, 5279, Rev. St. U. S. The case is important in two respects: Important to the prisoner, who is deprived of his liberty for the purpose of being transported out of the jurisdiction of the state of Minnesota. It is important to the state of Wisconsin, seeking to exercise a constitutional right, claiming that the part}1- who is arrested has committed a crime within…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Roberts v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 1885

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  2. Ex Parte DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  3. Ex Parte Albright v. ClingerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  4. Ex Parte Gugenhine v. Gerk.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  5. In Re DavisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945

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