WILSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 759, 760, 788.

221 U.S. 361 (1911)

WILSON v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. SAME v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Stanchfield, with whom Mr. Louis S. Levy and Mr. William M. Parke were on the brief, for plaintiff in error and appellant.

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Henry E. Colton, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

These three cases involve the same question. The first is a writ of error to the Circuit Court to review a judgment committing the plaintiff in error for contempt. The second is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus sued out after such commitment. The third is an appeal from an...

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