Supreme Court of the United States, 1877

Morrill v. Wisconsin

Morrill v. Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 19, 1877 · Chier, Waite
154 U.S. 626; 14 S. Ct. 1206; 1877 U.S. LEXIS 1741 (United States Reports)

Morrill v. Wisconsin

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chier Justice Waite

announced the opinion of the court.

The judgment in this case is reversed, upon the authority of Welton v. Missouri, 91 U. S. 275, which has .already been followed by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Van Buren v. Downing, decided since this writ of error was taken and not yet reported.

The cause is remanded with instructions to enter a judgment reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court and directing -that court to discharge the'defendant from imprisonment and suffer him to depart without day. Reversed.

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