Ex parte Bird
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice MacLeary
delivered the following opinion of the court:
*509On the 4th of this month Hobart S. Bird made application to Hon. José S. Quiñones, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Porto Pico; for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he had been arrested on said date by an officer of the District Court of San Juan and detained in custody, in accordance with a certain commitment issued by the said district court, under a judgment of the Supreme Court of Porto Eico rendered on the 27th of 'February previous, in the case of the People of Porto Rico v. Hobart S. Bird, attaching a copy of the said judgment to…
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