...into the canse of the imprisonment of the petitioner, and if, upon such inquiry, he is found to be " in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States," then he is in custody in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, and he is entitled...

...extended, first in 1833,* to prisoners confined under any authority, whether State or National, for any act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United * 4 Stat. at Large, 634. Opinion of the court. States, or of any order, process, or decree of any judge...

...nullification, which forms a clanse in the Revised Statutes in these words, after the words already qnoted, " or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...States, or of an order, process or decree of a court or jndge thereof." " And, in more recent times," says Jndge B., "it has been extended to all persons in...

...Dorr, 3 How (U. S.) 103; 1 US Stat. at Large, 81. Persons imprisoned by authority of a state, for acts done or omitted, in pursuance of a law of the United States, may be discharged on a habeas corpus issued by a judge of the United States pourte. 4 US Stat. at Large,...

...Statutes, " the writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless whero he is in custody * * * for an act done or omitted, in...order, process or decree of a court or judge thereof." Although the words used are those of exclusion, there is no doubt of the power of this court to issue...

...jurisdiction to release- him from his imprisonment. He must be in custody in the language of the statute for an act done or omitted, in pursuance of a law of the United States, or in custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and the question therefore presents...

...writ shall extend to no person in jail, with a series of exceptions, one of which is that the party "is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or a treaty of the United States." This provision would seem to cover the case of a person extradited...

...143. » § 751, Revised Statutes. 4 Ibid., § 752. authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody...in custody in violation of the constitution, or of law or treaty of the United States ; or etc., or unless it is necessary to bring a witness into court...

...unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States ; or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody...order, process, or decree of a court or judge thereof; 8 or is in custody in violation of the Con1 Gold Washing, &c. Co. v. Keyes, 96 TJ. S. Rep. 199. 2 Where...

...except as it is extended by the act of 1867 (now section 7f>3, Kev. St.) to prisoners "in custody lor an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the...process, or decree of a court or judge thereof, or in violation of the constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States," etc. An apparent, though...