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KELLY v. GRIFFIN

No. 777.

241 U.S. 6 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 487

60 L.Ed. 861

KELLY v. GRIFFIN, JAILER OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Miller, with whom Mr. Edward Osgood Brown and Mr. Pierce Butler were on the brief, for appellant:

Mr. Almon W. Bulkley and Mr. Henry B.F. Macfarland, with whom Mr. Clair E. More was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant was held for extradition to Canada and petitioned for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing upon the returns to the writ and to a writ of certiorari issued to the Commissioner by whose warrant the petitioner was detained, the District Judge discharged the writ. An appeal was allowed and several...

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