Morse v. United States

Appellants, under indictment in the District of Columbia, while passing through New York on February 6,192c, on their way to Washington for trial, were arrested and taken from the train by a United States marshal upon bench warrants issued on federal indictments found, in New York charging them with fraudulent uses of the mails. Previously, their removal to New York from Connecticut and Massachusetts, respectively, for trial under these indictments had been sought under § 1014 Rev. Stats. The removal of Harry F. Morse from Connecticut had been granted by the commissioner, but, upon habeas…