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In re Davison

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided September 17, 1884PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from District Court.

1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.

This appeal is brought to review the decision of the district judge for the Southern district of New York, discharging, upon a habeas corpus, the petitioner, Davison, from the custody of Oapt. Wood, of the first regiment United States artillery, commandant of the post of Fort Columbus. It appears by the record that Davisou enlisted in tho army of the United States in July, 1870, for the term of five years; deserted while on furlough in February, 1872; was arrested as a deserter, and brought to Fort Columbus in October, 1880, and was held in the custody of the respondent to a wait trial by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Ex Parte ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Ex Parte KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1822
  5. United States v. BainbridgeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1816

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. McLean v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. South Carolina · 1947
  3. Rose ex rel. Carter v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1900
  4. United States ex rel. Wessels v. McDonaldDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1920
  5. Ex parte HubbardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1910

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