Legal Opinion
United States v. Mills
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1937No. M-789PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Maris, J.,
In this case the court granted a writ of habeas corpus upon the relation of Joseph Henson directed to the Superintendent of the Philadelphia County Prison. The writ was issued pursuant to sections 751 and 753 of the Revised Statutes, 28 USC §§451 and 453, on the averment that the relator was in custody in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
It appears that the relator was tried, with two others, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County on January 6, 1937, on nine bills of indictment charging entering with intent to steal and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States Ex Rel. Kennedy v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Ex parte ZwillmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1931
- Urquhart, Sheriff, v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Boykin v. HuffCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Commonwealth v. FranklinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Johnson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942