 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896
...Slates to issue writs oí habeas corpus of prisoners in jail has been extended to the case of any person in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order or process of a court or judge thereof; or in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Service - Archives - 1959 - 68 pages
...alleged to be restrained of their liberty: (1) by color of the authority of the United States; (2) for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States; (3) in violation of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States; and (4) being subjects... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 89 pages
...amending the provision to read: "The writ of habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless * * * he is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an act of Congress * * *" [italics added]. Here, then, we have high proof as to what Congress meant... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 89 pages
...amending the provision to read : "The writ of habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless * * * he is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an, act of Congress * * *" [italics added"). Here, then, we have high proof as to what Congress meant... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1961
...habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless — "(1) He is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States or is committed for trial before some court thereof ; or "(2) He is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an Act of Congress, or an order, process,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1961
...habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless — "(1) He is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or "(2) He is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an Act of Congress, or an order, process,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1961
...the authority of the United States or is committed for trial before some court thereof ; or "(2) He is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an Act of Congress, or an order, process, judgment or decree Pf a court or judge of the United States... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 1104 pages
...habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless — "(1) He is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or "(2) He is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of an Act of Congress, or an order, process,... | |
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The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted... 
