Report of the case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania versus John Smith, Esq., marshal of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania
Subtitle: containing the speeches of the attorney general and Jared Ingersoll, Esq. on behalf of the commonwealth, and William Lewis, Esq. on the part of the defendant, and also the opinion of the Honorable William Tilghman, Esq., chief justice of the state of Pennsylvania
By: by a Member of the bar of Philadelphia.
Contributors: Smith, John, marshal.; Tilghman, William, 1756-1827.; Member of the bar of Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.
Publisher: Published by David Hogan
Published: 1809
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Smith, John, marshal -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Sergeant, Elizabeth.; Pennsylvania -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Habeas corpus -- United States.; Trials (False imprisonment) -- United States.; Federal-state controversies -- United States.; Federal-state controversies -- Pennsylvania.; Prize law -- United States.; Jurisdiction -- United States.
Notes: Shaw & Shoemaker 18494
"This was a habeas corpus taken out of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Sergeant"--p. [5].