Legal Opinion

Grin v. Shine

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 1, 1902No. 303PublishedCited by 160 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of California, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus sued out by Grin, and remanding him to the custody of the defendant, marshal for the Northern District of California, who held him under a mittimus issued by a commissioner in certain proceedings under a treaty with the Emperor of Russia for the…

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of California, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus sued out by Grin, and remanding him to the custody of the defendant, marshal for the Northern District of California, who held him under a mittimus issued by a commissioner in certain proceedings under a treaty with the Emperor of Russia for the extradition of criminal, proclaimed June 5,1893. 28 Stat. 10Y1. These proceedings were begun by a complaint of Paul Kosa-kevitch,…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Benson v. McMahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. In Re Luis Oteiza Y CortesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. In Re KaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  5. United States v. LancasterU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois · 1841

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