MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California, affirming the judgment of the District Court of that district, in a case of habeas corpus, which ordered the discharge from custody of the person in whose behalf the writ was sued out.
On the 28th of September, 1885, a petition was presented to the District Court,...
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