Gusman v. Marrero
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF -' LOUISIANA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The appellant has not ventured to give a specific name to this action. The appellee claims that it is not an application for a writ of habeas corpus, nor for writ of mandamus, (this word is used in the prayer of the petition,) but that.it is “an ordinary action of which the appellant has no concern.”
The purpose of the proceeding is to deliver from the custody of the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, one Samuel Wright, who is under sentence of death for the crime of assault, with intent to commit rape, for which he was convicted in the twenty-first judicial district court…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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