Passett v. Chase

Brown, C. J.-

— The plaintiff in error was arrested by the sheriff of Dade County, Florida, and imprisoned in the jail in Miami, Florida, whereupon he sued out a writ of habeas corpus before a judge of the circuit court. The return of the sheriff showed that the plaintiff in error was being held in his custody by virtue of a bench warrant issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, attested by the clerk of said court, and under the seal of the court. The clerk’s name was signed by a rubber stamp; the warrant did not state any offense but ordered that the…