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