Ex parte Chapman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Idaho
Habeas Corpus. The petition of D. G. Chapman ior a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned ai d restrained of his liberty by the United States marshal for the district of Idaho, in the county jail of Ada county, Idaho, haying been presented, and, an order thereupon having been made and served upon the marshal requiring1 him to show cause why the writ should not issue as prayed for, there appear from the petition and the return of the marshal to the…
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Habeas Corpus. The petition of D. G. Chapman ior a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned ai d restrained of his liberty by the United States marshal for the district of Idaho, in the county jail of Ada county, Idaho, haying been presented, and, an order thereupon having been made and served upon the marshal requiring1 him to show cause why the writ should not issue as prayed for, there appear from the petition and the return of the marshal to the order to show csiuse the following facts and proceedings: On April 5, 1907, the petitioner >vas served with a subpoena…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). While the proceedings began with a subpoena duces tecum, directing the petitioner to bring before the grand jury the books and records of the Barber Lumber Compan}'-, they finally resulted in an ultimatum from the court ordering him to produce the books and papers and submit them to the inspection of the grand jurj', and giving the grand jury the authority, which was expressly denied to the petitioner, to determine what was pertinent, and what was not pertinent, to the subject which was under consideration. That subject had been announced in open court to be the…
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