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.
. if the papers are sufficient— you abandon the papers & go into the case. the whole case.— guilt or innocence— did he flee f[r]om Mo? is <he> a fugitive f[r]om Justice? is bound to surrender him as a fugitive. has complied with the statute— <By the> Court: <Do you say the> Judge of the S. C. [supreme court] of could not issue— a ?— . [I] dont deny .— party brought up has no right <to> go into trial on any of the facts behind Record— <read> Gordons Digest— [blank] Charles 2d— Grant Habeus corpus <Act>— Large Majority of English Judges submittd to the 12 by Parliamnt 9 Wendell [p. 55]
Commonly known as the Habeas Corpus Act, the “Act for the Better Securing the Liberty of the Subject, and for Prevention of Imprisonments beyond the Seas” was passed by the Parliament of England in 1679 during the reign of Charles II.