Ex Parte Spencer
Supreme Court of the United States
MOTIONS FOB LEAVE TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOB WBITS OF HABEAS COBPÜS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction and practice of this court in regard to issuing writs of habeas corpus in cases where the petitioners have been sentenced in the state courts, are stated in the opinion.
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MOTIONS FOB LEAVE TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOB WBITS OF HABEAS COBPÜS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction and practice of this court in regard to issuing writs of habeas corpus in cases where the petitioners have been sentenced in the state courts, are stated in the opinion. The Indeterminate Sentence Act, in force at the time the crime was committed, restricted the minimum sentence of imprisonment to not more than one-fourth of the maximum; for the particular crime charged in this case, the highest minimum possible was six months; that law was repealed after the commission of the crime…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
These applications were filed and rules to show cause were issued. They were argued together and may be disposed of in one opinion.
The petitions alleged the following:
Petitioners were indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in the county of Lycoming, State of Pennsylvania, upon a charge of conspiracy to cheat and defraud, which the indictment charged was executed on the tenth day of September, 1910.
The trial took place in June, 1912, and petitioners were each sentenced to “pay a fine of $500, costs of prosecution, and undergo an imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary at…
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