Ex parte Young
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a special proceeding by Conrad Young against William Frazier, as Sheriff of Multnomah County, to have the cause of his imprisonment inquired into, and to be relieved therefrom.
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From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a special proceeding by Conrad Young against William Frazier, as Sheriff of Multnomah County, to have the cause of his imprisonment inquired into, and to be relieved therefrom. The transcript shows that Young was indicted by the grand jury of said county for the crime of enticing one William Schrke, a seaman employed on the German ship Peru, to desert therefrom, and upon being arraigned was allowed until the next day to plead, whereupon he immediately sued out in another department of said court a writ of habeas corpus, which was served upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.- Justice Moore,
after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the statute under which Young was indicted is violative of *248the Constitution of the United States, Article I, § 8, subd. 3, as being an attempt on the part of the legislative assembly to regulate commerce with foreign nations. The act under consideration reads as follows : “If any person or persons shall entice, persuade, or by any means attempt to persuade, any seaman to desert from, or without permission of the officer then in command thereof to leave or depart…
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