MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee presented to the court below his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was restrained of his liberty by the warden of the city prison in New York city; that he had not been committed and was not detained by virtue of any judgment, decree, final order, or process; that the cause or pretence of such restraint was certain bench warrants issued upon indictments against him in the...
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