...it did not appear from the petition that petitioner was restrained of his liberty and illegally held in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...States, or of an order, process or decree of a court thereof, or that he was in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United...

...Royall. "When the petitioner is in custody by State authority for an act done or omitted to be done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of...process, or decree of a court or judge thereof; or where, being a subject or citizen of a foreign State, and domiciled therein, he is in custody, under...

...habeas corpus." Another section 3 restricts the writ to certain cases, among them cases where the person is in custody "in violation of the Constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States." "When a state court has jurisdiction of the offense and the accused under an indictment found under...

...753, giving circuit courts power to issue writs of habeas corpus on petition of a person alleged to be in custody for " an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, ... or in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States," does not require...

...for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of rest raiot or li lx.-rty of any prisoner in jail, who "is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United Slates;" and "the court or justice or judge to whom the applicalion is made shall forthwith award a...

...under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted...process, or decree of a court or judge thereof; or is era! courts have jurisdiction of such matters. That statute has since been incorporated in sections...

...under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted...process, or decree of a court or judge thereof; or ia eral courts have jurisdiction of such matters. That statute has since been incorporated in sections...

...habeas corpus in all cases where a prisoner was confined for an act or acts done or omitted to be done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of any judge or court thereof. Refusal to obey such an order was made a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine...

...habeas corpus by a prisoner in jail, where it was drawn in question, or claimed that his ustody was in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States, there being, of course, the same qualification as to fraudulent or frivolous claims. The decisions...

...supervisory jurisdiction which may be invoked by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, whenever a person is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...or of an order, process, or decree of a court, or a judge H 2 Dall. 419. " Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 406. " Infra, Section 115. thereof, or is in...