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CROSSLEY v. CALIFORNIA

No. 470.

168 U.S. 640 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 242

42 L.Ed. 610

CROSSLEY, v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for appellants, and no brief filed for them.

Mr. W.F. Fitzgerald and Mr. W.H. Anderson, for appellees, submitted on their brief.

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

Worden was convicted in the Superior Court of the county of Yolo, California, of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. The Supreme Court of California affirmed the judgment. People v. Worden, 113 California, 569.

Being in custody, awaiting execution, an application for the writ of habeas corpus was made...

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