In Re Chapman
Supreme Court of the United States
No number. This was an application by El ver ton R. Chapman for leave to file a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner represented that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, and stated: That on June 29,1894, an indictment was returned against petitioner in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a criminal term, based upon section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, upon…
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No number. This was an application by El ver ton R. Chapman for leave to file a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner represented that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, and stated: That on June 29,1894, an indictment was returned against petitioner in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a criminal term, based upon section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, upon which he voluntarily surrendered himself into the custody of the court, July 2, 1894, and entered into a recognizance…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The general rule is that the writ of habeas corpus will not issue unless the court, under whose warrant the petitioner is held, is without jurisdiction; and that it cannot be used to correct errors. Ex parte Watkins, 3 Pet. 197; Ex parte Parks, 93 U. S. 18; Ex parte Yarbrough, 110 U. S. 651; Ex parte Bigelow, 113 U. S. 328; In re Coy, 127 U. S. 731, 756; In re Schneider, Petitioner, 148 U. S. 162. Ordinarily the writ will not lie where there is a remedy by writ of error or appeal, In re Frederich, Petitioner, 149 U. S. 70; In re Tyler, 149 U. S. 164, 180; In re Swan, 150 U. S. 637, 648; yet…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- In Re TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Ex Parte ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- In Re CoySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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