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IN RE LANCASTER

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137 U.S. 393 (1890)

11 S.Ct. 117

34 L.Ed. 713

In re LANCASTER, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Washington Dessau for the petitioner.

Mr. Attorney General opposing.

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

The petitioners were indicted under sections 5508 and 5509 of the Revised Statutes, on the 20th of November, 1890, in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia, and have been taken into custody. They have not invoked the action of the Circuit Court upon the sufficiency of the indictment by a motion to quash or otherwise, but ask leave to file in this court a petition for a writ of habeas...

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