MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to a petition by the appellant for a writ of habeas corpus, and dismissing that petition.
In the case of People of Illinois v. August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden et al. — which was an indictment for murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, in the State of Illinois — an order was entered, October 9, 1886...
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