ALLEN v. GEORGIA

No. 641.

166 U.S. 138 (1897)

ALLEN v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 15, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.C. Glenn and Mr. Daniel W. Rountree for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.M. Terrell and Mr. John R. Cooper for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error claims that the order of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, dismissing his writ of error to the Superior Court of Bibb County, because he had escaped from jail and was a fugitive from justice, was a denial of due process of law within the meaning of the Federal Constitution.

It appeared from the record that, after the writ of error had been finally dismissed on May 6, 1895...

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