...the writ was extended to prisoners confined nnder any authority, whether State or National, for any act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of any order, process, or decree of any judge or court of the United State»; and by an act of 1842,J...

...corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States; or is committed for...in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States; ... or unless it is necessary to bring the prisoner into court...

...Ifoyatl : " When the petitioner is in custody by state authority for an act done or omitted to IM? done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of...process or decree of a court or judge thereof; or where, being a subject or citizen of a foreign State, and domiciled therein, he is in custody, under...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...