Terlinden v. Ames
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. August 15, A. D. 1901, Dr. Walther Wever, Imperial German Consul at Chicago, filed, his complaint before Mark A. Foote, Esq., a commissioner of the United States in and for the Northern District of Illinois, and specially authorized to issue warrants for the apprehension of fugitives from justice of foreign governments, stating that he was “ the duly accredited official agent and…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. August 15, A. D. 1901, Dr. Walther Wever, Imperial German Consul at Chicago, filed, his complaint before Mark A. Foote, Esq., a commissioner of the United States in and for the Northern District of Illinois, and specially authorized to issue warrants for the apprehension of fugitives from justice of foreign governments, stating that he was “ the duly accredited official agent and representative of the German Empire at Chi- ' cago and also the Kingdom of Prussia, forming a part of said German Empire,”…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.. The treaty of June 16,1852, between the United States and the Kingdom of.Prussia, and other States of the Germanic Confederation included in or which might accede to that convention, provided that the parties thereto should-upon requisition “ deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or assault with intent to commit murder, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged papers, or the fabrication…
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