Ex parte Ben

District of Columbia

Ex parte Ben

1 D.C. 532

CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia

DecidedApril 10, 1809

StatusPublished

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Ex parte Ben, 1 D.C. 532 (D.D.C. 1809).

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The Court, then consisting of

Cranch, C. J., and Fitzhugh, J.,

being divided in opinion, the prisoner was remanded.

[533]*533But at June term, 1809, the prisoner was brought up again by habeas corpus, and the Court being full he was discharged, the Court

(Fitzhugh, J., contra,)

being of opinion that the writ of error could not be served so as to be a supersedeas, unless a copy thereof should be lodged in the clerk’s office for the adverse party within ten days after the judgment.

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The Court, then consisting of

Cranch, C. J., and Fitzhugh, J.,

being divided in opinion, the prisoner was remanded.

[533]*533But at June term, 1809, the prisoner was brought up again by habeas corpus, and the Court being full he was discharged, the Court

(Fitzhugh, J., contra,)

being of opinion that the writ of error could not be served so as to be a supersedeas, unless a copy thereof should be lodged in the clerk’s office for the adverse party within ten days after the judgment.

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1 D.C. 532, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/ex-parte-ben-dcd-1809.