Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.
A motion has been made in this case by the attorney-general of the United States, for a rule on the judge of the district court of the United States, for the Missouri district, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue from this Court, commanding him to order an execution to issue on the judgment entered in that court in the case of the Postmaster General v. Trigg, administrator, &c.
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