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CARPER v. FITZGERALD

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121 U.S. 87 (1887)

7 S.Ct. 825

30 L.Ed. 882

CARPER, v. FITZGERALD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.A. Ayres, Attorney General of Virginia for appellant.

Mr. D.H. Chamberlain and Mr. Bradley T. Johnston for appellee. Mr. William L. Royall filed a brief for same.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a proceeding before the Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit at his Chambers in Baltimore, Maryland, for the discharge of Richard L. Fitzgerald from the custody of H.A. Carper, jailer of Pulaski County, Virginia, under a mittimus from John H. Cecil, a justice of the peace of that county. The petition was presented to the judge in Baltimore, who directed the clerk of the Circuit Court for the Eastern...

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