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EX PARTE LOTHROP

118 U.S. 113 (1886)

EX PARTE LOTHROP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.X. Parker, (with whom was Mr. W.H. Hilwell on the brief) for petitioner.

Mr. Thomas Mitchell for the sheriff, opposing.

Mr. A.T. Britton and Mr. A.B. Browne, for interveners, by leave of court filed a brief opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The petitioner is detained in the territorial prison of Arizona upon a warrant of commitment issued by the County Court of Cochise County, under a sentence of imprisonment on a conviction of the crime of grand larceny, and the only question presented by his petition is whether the territorial legislature of Arizona had authority to create and establish that court. There is no question of the jurisdiction...

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