In re Schneider, 148 U.S. 157 (1893)

Syllabus

U.S. Supreme Court

In re Schneider , 148 U.S. 157 (1893)

In re Schneider (No. 1)

No number

Submitted March 13, 1893

Decided March 14, 1893

148 U.S. 157

Syllabus

A writ of error from this court does not lie to a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing the petition of a convict for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner, a prisoner confined in the jail of the District of Columbia under a sentence of death, by his attorneys moved for a writ of error from this court to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia refusing to issue a writ of habeas corpus which had been prayed for in a petition to that court.

Page 148 U. S. 162


Opinions

U.S. Supreme Court

In re Schneider , 148 U.S. 157 (1893) In re Schneider (No. 1)

No number

Submitted March 13, 1893

Decided March 14, 1893

148 U.S. 157

ORIGINAL

Syllabus

A writ of error from this court does not lie to a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing the petition of a convict for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner, a prisoner confined in the jail of the District of Columbia under a sentence of death, by his attorneys moved for a writ of error from this court to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia refusing to issue a writ of habeas corpus which had been prayed for in a petition to that court.

Page 148 U. S. 162

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.

The application for a writ of error or appeal is denied upon the authority of Cross v. Burke, 146 U. S. 82; In re Heath, 144 U. S. 92; In re Cross, 146 U. S. 271; Cross v. United States, 145 U. S. 571. See also Railroad Co. v. Grant, 98 U. S. 398; Dennison v. Alexander, 103 U. S. 522; United States v. Wanamaker, 147 U. S. 149.