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

Robert Harrison’s Case.
    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 of Congress, June 20, 1790, c. 51, § 7.) [1 Stat. at Large, 134.]
    Discharged.
   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.