...mistaken its proper course. Wherever the only ground of jurisdiction is a question upon the construction of the constitution, or of a law, or treaty of the United States, the only remedy is by writ of error from this court to the highUS est state tribunal having cognisance...

...into the canse of the imprisonment of the petitioner, and if, upon such inquiry, he is found to be " in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States," then he is in custody in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, and he is entitled...

.../lubrtM cor/iiiti from the courts and judges of the L'nited Slates was extended to jiersons in castody, in violation of the Constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States. II. S., § 753. The law of the United States was. and is, tbut the relator should be tried by the courts...

...the writ was extended to prisoners confined under any authority, whether State or National, for any act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of any order, process, or decree of any judge or court of the United States; and by an act of 1842,J to...

...habeax corpus from the courts and judges of the United States was extended to persons in custody, iu violation of the Constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States. RS, § 753. The law of the United States was, and is, that the relntor should be tried by the courts...

...which forms a clanse in the Revised Statutes in these words, after the words already qnoted, " or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance...States, or of an order, process or decree of a court or jndge thereof." " And, in more recent times," says Jndge B., "it has been extended to all persons in...

...the Constitution, or of any law or treaty of the United States. a. In the case of any prisoner who, being a subject or citizen of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, is committed or confiued, or in custody by or under the authority or law of the United States, or of any...

...under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof ; or is in custody in violation of the Constitution...citizen of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, or in custody for an act done or omitted under any alleged right, title, authority, privilege, protection...

...Statutes, " the writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless whero he is in custody * * * for an act done or omitted, in pursuance...order, process or decree of a court or judge thereof." Although the words used are those of exclusion, there is no doubt of the power of this court to issue...

...jurisdiction to release- him from his imprisonment. He must be in custody in the language of the statute for an act done or omitted, in pursuance of a law of the United States, or in custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and the question therefore presents...