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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. 6,131*
    HARRISON’S CASE.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 159.]
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    March 26, 1804.
    Habeas Corpus — Form op Petition.
    Upon petition for habeas corpus, the petitioner must produce a copy of the warrant of commitment, or an affidavit that the jailer refused to give a copy.
    Petition for habeas corpus. Robert Harrison was committed for leaving his ship. Act Cong. June 20, 1790, c. 51, § 7 (1 Stat. 134). Discharged.
    
      
       [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
    
   THE COURT required a petition in writing, and a production of the warrant of commitment, or a copy, or affidavit of refusal of the jailer to give a copy.