SCHWAB v. BERGGREN

No. 977.

143 U.S. 442 (1892)

SCHWAB v. BERGGREN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin F. Butler and Mr. M. Salomen for appellant.

Mr. George Hunt, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, (with whom was Mr. E.S. Smith on the brief,) for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to a petition by the appellant for a writ of habeas corpus, and dismissing that petition.

In the case of People of Illinois v. August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden et al. — which was an indictment for murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, in the State of Illinois — an order was entered, October 9, 1886...

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