Callan v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
The court stated the case as follows: This was an appeal from a judgment refusing, upon writ of habeas corpus, to discharge the appellant from the custody of the appellee as Marshal of the District of "Columbia.
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The court stated the case as follows: This was an appeal from a judgment refusing, upon writ of habeas corpus, to discharge the appellant from the custody of the appellee as Marshal of the District of "Columbia. It appears that by an information filed by the United States in the .Police Court of the District, the petitioner, with others, was charged with the crime of conspiracy, and having been found guilty by the court was sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, and upon default in its payment to suffer imprisonment in jail for the period of thirty days. He perfected an appeal to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
It is contended by the appellant that the Constitution of the United States secured to him the right to be tried by a jury, and, that right having been denied, the police court was without jurisdiction to impose a fine upon him, or to order him to be imprisoned until such fine was paid. This precise question is now, for the first time, presented for determination by this court. If the appellant’s position be sustained, it will follow that the statute, (Rev. Stat. Dist. Col. § 1064,) dispensing with a petit jury, in prosecutions by information in the police court, is inapplicable to cases like…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Webster v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- In re StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
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