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EX PARTE WILSON

114 U.S. 417 (1885)

EX PARTE WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1885.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred Russell for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury, contra.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is well settled by a series of decisions that this court, having no jurisdiction of criminal cases by writ of error or appeal, cannot discharge on habeas corpus a person imprisoned under the sentence of a Circuit or District Court in a criminal case, unless the sentence exceeds the jurisdiction of that court, or there...

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