Campbell v. Waite
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. \ Edward E. Waite, the appellee, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States district court for the Northern district of Iowa, in which he alleged, in substance, that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by A. O. Campbell, the sheriff of Howard county, Iowa, under a warrant issued by the district court of said county; that he was held in custody and…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. \ Edward E. Waite, the appellee, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States district court for the Northern district of Iowa, in which he alleged, in substance, that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by A. O. Campbell, the sheriff of Howard county, Iowa, under a warrant issued by the district court of said county; that he was held in custody and wrongfully deprived of his liberty “for an act done in pursuance of the laws of the United States”; and that the restraint so…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
It is contended on behalf of the appellant, and it seems to be one of the principal errors which is relied upon for a reversal of the order of the district court, that the facts alleged in the petitioner’s reply to the sheriff’s return, hereafter termed' the “petitioner’s plea,” were insufficient to warrant his discharge from custody, and that the trial court erred both in overruling the demurrer thereto and in admitting testimony to substantiate the averments of the plea. In support of this contention it is said, in effect, that the plea which was interposed was inconclusive and of no avail,…
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