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IN RE ECKART, PETITIONER.

No. 14. Original.

166 U.S. 481 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 638

41 L.Ed. 1085

In re ECKART, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rublee A. Cole for petitioner.

Mr. W.H. Mylrea, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, opposing.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an application for the allowance of a writ of habeas corpus, to obtain the discharge of the petitioner from an alleged unlawful imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prison.

From the statements in the petition and return, it appears that petitioner has been detained in custody since April 13, 1878, under a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, entered upon a verdict...

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