IN RE LINCOLN

No. 21, Original.

202 U.S. 178 (1906)

In re LINCOLN, PETITIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas L. Sloan and Mr. Williamson S. Summers for petitioner.

The Solicitor General for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The sixty days named as the term of imprisonment had expired before the case was submitted, and indeed had almost expired before the application was made for the writ. There is nothing to show whether the fine and costs have been collected upon execution, as the sentence authorizes. If not so collected and if they cannot be collected, then, though possibly still in jail,...

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