 The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner 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; or is in custody for an act done or omitted...  Military Laws of the United States (Army) - Page 550by United States - 1930Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 860 pages
...it did not appear from the petition that petitioner was restrained of his liberty and illegally held in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...States, or of an order, process or decree of a court thereof, or that he was in custodv in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United... | |
 | William Edward Birkhimer - Martial law - 1892 - 578 pages
...shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail unless when he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States ; or is committed for...court thereof ; or is in custody for an act done or committed in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of a court... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1030 pages
...courts and judges may issue writs of habeat eorput for the release of prisoners in custody for acts done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of the court or judge thereof, or in custody in violation of the constitution, laws, or treaties of the... | |
 | Alexander E. Wagstaff - California - 1892 - 562 pages
...into the cause of the imprisonment of the petitioner, and if, upon such inquiry, he is found to be 'in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States,' then he is in custody in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, and he is entitled... | |
 | Stephen Johnson Field - California - 1893 - 488 pages
...753) declare that the writ of habeas cmjms shall not extend to " a prisoner in jail unless where he is in custody — for an act done or omitted in pursuance...process, or decree of a court or judge thereof, or in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States," it was urged... | |
 | William Smithers Church - Habeas corpus - 1893 - 1080 pages
...to be elected, they may be discharged on habeas corpus as being restrained of their liberty, etc., "for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States."4 But the appointment and removal of officers of a municipality of a state are not subjects... | |
 | John Downey Works - Jurisdiction - 1894 - 956 pages
...limited to cases where the prisoner is confined in violation of some law or treaty of the United States, or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or under some other circumstances which will bring the case within some principle upon which the federal... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1894 - 470 pages
...that the party seeking the beneftt of the writ of habeas corpus must in this connection show that he is " in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States," makes it necessary that upon this occasion it should be shown that the act for which Neagle is imprisoned... | |
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