United States v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. For opinion below, see 140 Fed. 266.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
These appeals present the same question and will be considered together. The appellees were prisoners confined in the United States penitentiary on McNeil’s Island in the state of Washington, and petitioned the court below for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that under the laws of the United States they had fully served their time, and were entitled to be discharged. Appellee Jackson was convicted in the District Court of Alaska of the crime of attempting to commit murder, and on the 6th day of January, 1899, was sentenced to a period of 10 years in said penitentiary.…
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