A curious habeas corpus case.
Contributors: Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: J.W. Forney
Published: 1862
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Cross, J. Buchanan -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Press (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1857 : Daily)
Notes: Newspaper clipping from the Philadelphia press, December 30, 1862, mounted on [1] p. in a bound volume.
Caption title.
Concerns the case of J. Buchanan Cross, a prisoner at the Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, accused of forging documents which resulted in a pardon issued by governor Andrew J. Curtin on June 3, 1862. He then presented a petition for a writ of habeas corpus returnable before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on January 3, 1863.
Date of newspaper clipping from ms. annotation on LC copy.