 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1156 pages
...1867 the writ of habeas corpus from the courts and judges of the United States was extended to persons in custody, in violation of the constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States. *KS, § 753. The law of the United States was, and is, that the relator should be tried by the courts... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 788 pages
...in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for •trial before some court thereof;...for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a, law or treaty of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of a court or judge thereof ; or... | |
 | Law - 1886 - 646 pages
...States. Owing to the nullification proceedings of 1833, the writ was allowed to any person imprisoned for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States or of an order of a US court or of a judge thereof. The Canadian troubles caused the act of 1842 to be passed extending... | |
 | Francis Wharton - International law - 1887 - 866 pages
...in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof;...States, or of an order, process, or decree of a court or jndge thereof; or is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1172 pages
...unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or iscommitted for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody...Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States." To bring the present case within the terms of this section it is contended that the detention of the... | |
 | Law - 1903 - 658 pages
...meaning of this phrase [that a party seeking the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus must show that he .is 'in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States.' US Rev. Stat., Sec. 753.] It would be a great reproach to the system of government of the United States,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 952 pages
...limitations, among which is "that the writ shall not extend to a prisoner in jail, . . . unless he is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...States or of an order, process, or decree of a court thereof, or in custody in violation of the Constitution, or of a law "or treaty of the United States,"... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1889 - 878 pages
...writ of habeas corpus, the Federal Courts have jurisdiction todischarge a petitioner, when found to be in custody for an act done, or omitted, in pursuance of a law of the United States, no matter from whom, or under what authority, the process may have issued under which he is held. 585.... | |
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... is in custody under or by color of the authority - of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States... 
