Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Roberts v. Swope
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1933No. 3946PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUDSPETH, Justice.
Robert E. Roberts, in the custody of E. B. Swope, superintendent of the New Mexico Penitentiary, under restraint order of the Commander of the New Mexico National Guard in McKinley county, in which the late Governor Seligman had declared a state of insurrection to exist and proclaimed martial law, seeks discharge under a writ of habeas corpus issued by this court. The return to the writ of habeas corpus, to which is attached the proclamation of the Governor by which he declared the county of McKinley to be in a state of insurrection, declared martial law, and ordered…
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