EX PARTE TOBIAS WATKINS


28 U.S. 193 (____)

3 Pet. 193

EX PARTE TOBIAS WATKINS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs Jones and Coxe moved for a rule on the United States.


Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the body of Tobias Watkins before this court, for the purpose of inquiring into the legality of his confinement in gaol. The petition states that he is detained in prison by virtue of a judgment of the circuit court of the United States, for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia, rendered in...

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