Harris v. Lang
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe respondent, tbe warden of tbe District of Columbia jail, from an order of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia discharging from custody a petitioner for a writ of babeas corpus. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McComas
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court:
Eobert Lang, the appellee, filed bis petition for the writ of babeas corpus May 4, 1905, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and the writ was issued by the court, and directed James H. Harris, warden of the District jail, to produce Eobert Lang in court, and, upon bearing, the learned court below directed the discharge of the petitioner from the custody of the warden of the jail, who appealed to this court.
*86In the police court of the District of Columbia, on June 27, 1904, upon an information charging him with an assault, to which he pleaded…
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