Ex Parte Mirzan
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. This was a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ .of habeas corpus. The allegations were that the petitioner was a citizen of the United States temporarily residing in Alexandria, in Egypt, in the Ottoman Dominions, in 1880; that while there at that time he was accused of the murder of one Alexander Dahon in Alexandria; that by direction of the then Secretary of State, Horace Maynard, Esq. then Minister.of the United States at Constantinople proceeded to…
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ORIGINAL. This was a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ .of habeas corpus. The allegations were that the petitioner was a citizen of the United States temporarily residing in Alexandria, in Egypt, in the Ottoman Dominions, in 1880; that while there at that time he was accused of the murder of one Alexander Dahon in Alexandria; that by direction of the then Secretary of State, Horace Maynard, Esq. then Minister.of the United States at Constantinople proceeded to Alexandria- for the purpose of presiding over his trial on that accusation; that he was arraigned before Mr. Maynard on a…
1Opinion of the Court
Me: Chief Justice "Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This motion is denied. As since the act of March 3, 1885, 23 Stat. 437, an appeal lies to this court from the judgments of the Circuit Courts in habeas corpus cases, this court will not issue such a writ, even if it has the power — about which it is unnecessary now to express an opinion — in cases where it may as well be done in the proper Circuit Court, if there are no special circumstances in the case making direct action' or inter-yention by this court necessary or expedient. In this case there are no such special circumstances,…
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