Ex parte Ben

District Court, District of Columbia
Ex parte Ben, 1 D.C. 532 (1809)
Contra, Cranch, Fitzhugh

Ex parte Ben

Opinion of the Court

The Court, then consisting of

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

being divided in opinion, the prisoner was remanded.

*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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex parte Negro Ben
Status
Published