Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
Source Note
Account of Hearing, , Sangamon Co., IL, 4 Jan. 1843, Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1843); in JS, Journal, 1842–1844, Book 1, pp. 50–73; handwriting of ; JS Collection, CHL.
3 Peters 193.— Tobias Watkins. convictd of embezzling money.— cannot go behind the Judgme[n]t. where Judmett [Judgment] is not issued, can go behind the writ, <same> nature of writ of Error— body of Prisoner & cause of commitment— 3 cranchen [Cranch] 447—
3d Bacons abridgmnt to qustn [question] proposed to 12 Jud[g]es—— where a person is so imprisond that the cou[r]t cannt discha[r]ge yet unjustly.— manife[s]tly to unwarrentable means,—— <clear on ——>
most clear & undoubted testim[on]y this man are not [p. 68]
The case actually begins on page 448. (Ex Parte Burfurd, 3 Cranch 448 [1806].)
Cranch / Cranch, William. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Years 1805 and 1806. 9 vols. Various publishers, 1804–1817.